和名

わみょう わめい

Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

草本

そうほん

herbs

本草

ほんぞう

plants, medicinal herbs

本名

ほんみょう ほんめい

real name

和本

わほん

book bound in Japanese style

草仮名

そうがな

cursive form of man'yougana, man'yougana written in sousho style, an intermediate stage between hiragana and man'yougana

和名抄

わみょうしょう

Wamyoruijusho (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

草本帯

そうほんたい

floral zone; herb zone

本草学

ほんぞうがく

study of medicinal herbs, pharmacognosy

草稿本

そうこうぼん

rough draft of a book, draft-manuscript book, dummy comic book

草本層

そうほんそう

herbaceous layer

真名本

まなぼん

book (etc.) written entirely in kanji

本の名

ほんのな

name of a book

仮名本

かなほん かめいほん

book (etc.) written entirely in kana

基本名

きほんめい

primitive name

和装本

わそうぼん

book bound in Eastern style

仮名草子

かなぞうし

early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children)

標準和名

ひょうじゅんわめい

standard japanese name

越年草本

えつねんそうほん

biennial herb