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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

苗代茱萸

苗代胡頽子

Readings

Kana: なわしろぐみ、ナワシログミ
Romaji: nawashirogumi, nawashirogumi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ビョウ、 ミョウ、 なえ、 なわ-
Meanings: seedling, sapling, shoot
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Reading: シュ
Meanings: river ginger tree, oleaster
Reading: 
Meanings: oleaster, river ginger tree
Readings: ウ、 コ、 ゴ、 なんぞ
Meanings: barbarian, foreign
Readings: タイ、 くず.れる
Meanings: decline, slide
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac