無患子

Readings

Kana: むくろじ、ムクロジ

Romaji: mukuroji, mukuroji

Definition

noun

1

soapberry (tree, Sapindus mukorossi)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

患

Readings: カン、 わずら.う

Meanings: afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Example Sentence

羽子板(はごいた)で突(つ)く羽(はね)の玉(たま)は「むくろじ」という大木(たいぼく)の種(しゅ)です。

➥The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.