彼岸

ひがん

Buddhist services during the equinoctial week

彼岸会

ひがんえ

Buddhist services during the equinoctial week

彼岸花

ひがんばな ヒガンバナ

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata), cluster amaryllis

彼岸潮

ひがんじお

equinoctial tide, equinoctial spring tide

彼岸桜

ひがんざくら ヒガンザクラ

higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella), early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)

彼の岸

かのきし

nirvana

東彼岸

あずまひがん アズマヒガン

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

姥彼岸

うばひがん ウバヒガン

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

江戸

えど

old name of Tokyo

彼岸西風

ひがんにし

westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

彼岸河豚

ひがんふぐ

panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)

江戸紫

えどむらさき

bluish-violet, royal purple

江戸前

えどまえ

Tokyo style

江戸語

えどご

Edo dialect

小江戸

こえど

Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo

江戸湾

えどわん

Edo Bay

江戸川

えどがわ

Edo River

江戸間

えどま

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)

江戸城

えどじょう

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)