花柳

かりゅう はなやぎ

Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing

明暗

めいあん

light and darkness, light and shade

花柳病

かりゅうびょう

sexually transmitted disease, social disease

花柳界

かりゅうかい

red-light district, pleasure quarters, world of the geisha, demimonde

柳巷花街

りゅうこうかがい

red-light district, pleasure quarter

花紅柳緑

かこうりゅうりょく

red blossoms and green willows, beautiful scenery of spring, natural beauty, beauty of nature

柳緑花紅

りゅうりょくかこう

red blossoms and green willows, beautiful scenery of spring, natural beauty, beauty of nature

明暗両面

めいあんりょうめん

(both) the bright and dark sides

花明かり

はなあかり

the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening

柳は緑花は紅

やなぎはみどりはなはくれない

natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson

柳

りゅう やなぎ ようりゅう ヤナギ

willow (any tree of genus Salix)

明暗を分ける

めいあんをわける

to decide the outcome (e.g. game)

暗暗裡

あんあんり あんあんうら

gloomy, tacitly, secretly

暗

darkness

熊柳

くまやなぎ クマヤナギ

Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)

柳刃

やなぎば やなぎは

kitchen knife for sashimi

糸柳

いとやなぎ

weeping willow

柳葉

やないば やなぎば りゅうよう

willow-leaf arrowhead

箱柳

はこやなぎ はくよう ハコヤナギ

Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)