桐

きり

paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

総桐

そうぎり

made entirely of paulownia wood

飯桐

いいぎり

Idesia polycarpa, idesia

針桐

はりぎり ハリギリ

castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus), prickly castor oil tree

油桐

あぶらぎり アブラギリ

Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)

梧桐

あおぎり ごとう アオギリ

Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex), Chinese-bottletree, Japanese varnishtree, phoenix-tree

桐油

とうゆ

tung oil, (Chinese) wood oil

桐壺

きりつぼ

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

焼桐

paulownia wood with a burnt finish

桐紋

きりもん

paulownia crest

桐塑

とうそ

tōso; paste made from paulownia sawdust and wheat starch (used in traditional doll-making, etc.)

桐箱

きりばこ

box made of paulownia wood, paulownia box

桐畑

きりばたけ

field of paulownia trees

桐材

きりざい

paulownia wood

若

わか

youth

桐一葉

きりひとは

falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall)

五七桐

ごしちのきり

paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

若干

じゃっかん そこばく そくばく そこば

some, few, a number of, a little (bit)

若い

わかい

young, youthful