凌霄花

のうぜんかずら りょうしょうか ノウゼンカズラ

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

凌霄葉蓮

のうぜんはれん ノウゼンハレン

nasturtium (species of Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus)

霄壌

しょうじょう

heaven and earth

霄漢

しょうかん

sky, heavens, firmament

凌ぎ

しのぎ

tiding over

凌ぐ

しのぐ

to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation)

凌駕

りょうが

excelling, surpassing, outdoing, superior

凌雲

りょううん

skyscraping, very high, above the clouds, above this mortal world

凌虐

りょうぎゃく

humiliation, indignity, affront, assault

凌遅

りょうち

Lingchi, Leng Tch'e, slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

口凌ぎ

くちしのぎ

living from hand to mouth

凌波性

りょうはせい りょうなみせい

seaworthiness

凌ぎ場

しのぎば しのぎじょう

shelter

当座凌ぎ

とうざしのぎ

makeshift, for the time being

暑さ凌ぎ

あつさしのぎ

relief from the heat

糊口を凌ぐ

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth

壮者を凌ぐ

そうしゃをしのぐ

to put young men to shame