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荏: perilla

perilla; soft
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Literary kanji: learn 荏胡麻 (えごま) and the place name 荏原. 荏苒 (じんぜん) is a rare, bookish word.

Key words

荏胡麻えごまperilla; wild sesame
荏えperilla (plant)
荏苒じんぜんtime slipping by; procrastination
荏原えばらEbara (district of Tokyo)

Example sentences

I like to wrap rice in perilla leaves and eat it.

While letting the days slip by, it had turned winter before I knew it.

In Ebara, in Shinagawa Ward, there is an old-fashioned shopping street.

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