櫨
櫨: Japanese wax tree
Japanese wax tree
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Readings
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Kunはぜ
Read はぜ; its berries yield wax (櫨蝋), and its leaves turn bright red in autumn.
Key words
櫨はぜJapanese wax tree
櫨の木はぜのきJapanese wax tree
櫨蝋はぜろうJapan wax; sumac wax
夏櫨なつはぜOldham's blueberry (a shrub)
Example sentences
秋になると、庭の櫨の葉が真っ赤に色づく。
In autumn, the leaves of the wax tree in our garden turn bright red.
櫨蝋は、昔、和ろうそくの原料として広く使われた。
Japan wax was once widely used as a raw material for traditional Japanese candles.
山道の脇で、夏櫨が小さな黒い実をつけているのを見つけた。
By the mountain path, I found a natsuhaze shrub bearing small black berries.