双葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
双	葉

Etymology

双 (futa, “set of two”) + 葉 (ha, “leaf”)

Noun

双葉 (hiragana ふたば, romaji futaba)

1. bud, cotyledon

Alternative forms

• 二葉

Idioms

• 栴檀は双葉より芳しい

  せんだんはふたばよりかんばしい

  Sendan wa futaba yori kanbashii

  Genius shows from childhood

  Literally “the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout”