Meaning
朝顔 (あさがお, asagao) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “morning glory”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
紫の 朝顔が 咲きました。
Purple morning glories have bloomed.
朝顔(源氏物語)参照。
See Asagao.
私は朝顔を観察します。
I watch morning glories.
朝顔の種が大きくなってきた。
The seeds of the morning-glory flower got bigger.
名前は、源氏からアサガオの花を添えた和歌を贈られたという「帚木」や「朝顔」の逸話からきており、そこから「朝顔の姫君」「朝顔の斎院」「槿姫君」「槿斎院」などの呼び名がある。
Her name was derived from the episodes in 'Hahakigi' (The Broom Tree) and 'Asagao' in which Genji sent her a waka poem with a morning glory, then she was called 'Princess Asagao,' 'Asagao no Saiin,' ('Asagao' was written in Japanese with the letter '
庭に朝顔の種をまいた. I planted the morning glory seeds in the garden.窓の上に朝顔をはわせてある. Some morning glories are trained up over the window.朝顔がムクゲ(槿)の古称でもあることから、まれに「槿(あさがお)」と表記されることがある。
Since asagao (
朝顔) is an old name for althaea (槿), it is uncommonly written with the letter '槿' (asagao).朝顔のつるが, 支柱に巻き付いている. The vines of morning glories have coiled [twined] around the pole.朝顔の花は昼になるとすぼまってしまう. The flower of a morning glory withers around noon.また朝顔の斎院との関係を持つ。
He also has a relationship with Asagao no Saiin (Priestess of Morning Glory).