冬木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冬	木
ふゆ Grade: 2	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

冬(ふゆ)木(ぎ) • (fuyugi) 

1. a tree as seen in winter (especially a barren deciduous tree)
   • 1993, Hosai Ozaki, translated by Hiroaki Sato, Right under the big sky, I don't wear a hat: the haiku and prose of Hosai Ozaki, Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press:

     わが家(や)の冬木(ふゆぎ)二三本(にさんほん)
     家(いえ)のぐるり落葉(らくよう)にして顔出(がおだ)してゐる
     墓原(はかわら)花無(はなな)きこのごろ

     wagaya no fuyugi nisan hon
     ie no gururi rakuyō ni shite gao dashite iru
     hakawara hana naki kono goro

     At my house a few winter trees
     With dead leaves all around his house, poking his face out
     The grave-field flowerless these days

2. an evergreen tree