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蘭: orchid
orchid; Holland
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Also shorthand for Holland (from オランダ): 蘭学 is Edo-period 'Dutch learning'.
Key words
蘭らんorchid
鈴蘭すずらんlily of the valley
胡蝶蘭こちょうらんmoth orchid
蘭学らんがくDutch studies
Example sentences
母は窓辺で蘭を育てている。
My mother grows orchids by the window.
開店祝いに、白い胡蝶蘭が届いた。
White moth orchids arrived as a gift for the shop's opening.
江戸時代、医者たちは蘭学を通して西洋医学を学んだ。
In the Edo period, doctors learned Western medicine through Dutch studies.