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蓬 kanji
sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort
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Words with 蓬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —蓬莱Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; enchanted land of perpetual youth from Chinese mythology; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
- —蓬頭unkempt hair
- —蓬客wanderer; drifter
- —蓬窓window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket; poor house; humble house; primitive house
- —蓬髪unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair
- —三蓬莱the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano
- —蓬莱鱛Sloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani)
- —蓬莱竹hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex); golden goddess bamboo
- —蓬莱蕉Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa); split-leaf philodendron; cerimen; Mexican breadfruit; fruit salad plant
- —弊衣蓬髪unkempt hair and shabby clothes
- —蓬頭垢面(with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance
- —蓬莱羊歯Southern maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris); black maidenhair fern; Venus hair fern
- —蓬莱飾りKansai New Year decoration (made from food)
- —蓬莱飾Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
- —蓬けるto be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
- —敝衣蓬髪unkempt hair and shabby clothes