N2480/1725

杉すぎ

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

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すぎ

Meanings

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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Example sentences

杉すぎの木きは日本にほんの森もりによく見みられます。

Cedar trees are commonly found in Japanese forests.

この神社じんじゃの参道さんどうには大おおきな杉すぎが並ならんでいる。

Large cedar trees line the approach to this shrine.

杉すぎの花粉かふんが原因げんいんで毎年まいとし春はるに花粉症かふんしょうがひどくなる。

Every spring, hay fever gets worse due to cedar pollen.

日本にほんでは杉すぎを使つかった建築けんちくが古ふるくから行おこなわれてきた。

In Japan, construction using cedar has been practiced since ancient times.

屋久島やくしまに自生じせいする縄文じょうもん杉すぎは樹齢じゅれい数千年すうせんねんとも言いわれており、その威厳いげんある姿すがたに多おおくの登山者とざんしゃが圧倒あっとうされる。

The Jomon Cedar, which grows wild on Yakushima Island, is said to be several thousand years old, and many hikers are overwhelmed by its majestic appearance.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)