橘
Readings
- On'yomi 音読み
- キツ
- Kun'yomi 訓読み
- たちばな
Example sentences 3
橘曙覧-幕末期の歌人。
TACHIBANA no Akemi: Waka poet, who lived at the end of Edo period.
そこで、后の弟橘媛が自ら命に替わって入水すると、波は自ずから凪いだ。
At that time, his wife Oto Tachibana Hime leaped into the sea on his behalf, and the waves became calm by themselves.
甘い柑橘類ということから漢字では「蜜柑」と表記される。
Because it is a sweet citrus fruit, it is written as "mikan" (honey citrus) in kanji.