植木
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 植 | 木 |
| うえ Grade: 3 |
き Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 植え (ue, “planting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 植える ueru “to plant (a seed, a plant)”) + 木 (ki, “tree or shrub”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
植木 (hiragana うえき, rōmaji ueki, historical hiragana うゑき)
- a planted tree or shrub, as in a garden or pot
- by extension, a bonsai
- a live tree in general, not necessarily in a garden or pot
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 植木市 (ueki ichi): a plant market or fair
- 植木算 (uekizan): “potted-plant calculation”: a kind of algebra problem concerning a set of evenly spaced potted plants, telephone poles, or similar objects, wherein the problem gives any two of the interval between items, total number of items, or total distance, and the solver is asked to calculate the missing data
- 植木師 (uekishi): a professional gardener or landscaper
- 植木店 (uekidana): a plant store, a plant nursery; Edo-period slang for a neighborhood in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, so called for the concentration of plant nurseries
- 植木鋏 (uekibasami): garden shears, pruning shears
- 植木鉢 (uekibachi): a flowerpot, a pot for planting
- 植木屋 (uekiya): a store selling potted plants; a professional gardener or landscaper
Proper noun
植木 (hiragana うえき, rōmaji Ueki, historical hiragana うゑき)
- A surname.
References
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