あさがお

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あさがお – see the following entry.

【朝顔】 [noun] Japanese morning glory, Ipomoea nil [noun] (by extension) the seeds of the morning glory [noun] something with the shape of a morning glory flower [noun] 家紋 (“crest pattern”) of morning glories [noun] Synonym of 桔梗 (kikyō, “Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorum”) [noun] Synonym of 木槿 (mukuge, “rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus”) [noun] the face one sees on waking, one's bedpartner [noun] Synonym of 蜉蝣 (kagerō, “mayfly”), also 朝顔虫 (asagao-mushi) Alternative spelling アサガオ

(This term, あさがお (asagao), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as あさがお, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あさがお.)