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：2025/12/21
葵藿
Hiragana
きかく
Noun
broadly
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
植物の名。冬葵（ふゆあおい）、つまり中国原産のアオイ科の植物「コマツナ」「アオイ科のフユアオイ」などを指す語として用いられることがある。 / 転じて、漢詩文などで忠誠・思慕を象徴する植物としてしるされた語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
やさいやくすりにするしょくぶつで、ふゆにそだつあおいのなかま
Chinese (Simplified)
冬葵的别称，锦葵属植物，学名Malva verticillata / 冬葵的叶（古指可食用的蔬菜叶）
Sense（1）
Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi): the Chinese or cluster mallow, Malva verticillata
Sense（2）
(by extension, figuratively) an illustration of respect towards (or longing for) a lord or other person of high virtue (as if a mallow tilts itself towards the sun)
Sense（3）
any crude vegetable
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Quizzes for review
Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi): the Chinese or cluster mallow, Malva verticillata
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葵藿
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Beautiful hollyhocks are blooming in this garden.
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この庭には美しい葵藿が咲いています。
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