Word | Reading | Meaning |
蓬 | よもぎ | Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); general term for plants in the Artemisia genus, mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood |
タカ蓬 | タカよもぎ, タカヨモギ | Artemisia selengensis |
蓬生 | よもぎう | wasteland, area overgrown with weeds |
蓬餅 | よもぎもち | rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort |
弊衣蓬髪 | へいいほうはつ | unkempt hair and shabby clothes |
蓬頭垢面 | ほうとうこうめん | (with) unkempt hair and dirty face, being indifferent to one's personal appearance |
麻の中の蓬 | あさのなかのよもぎ | if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field |
大蓬 | おおよもぎ, オオヨモギ | Artemisia montana |
山蓬 | やまよもぎ, ヤマヨモギ | Artemisia montana; Japanese mugwort |
灰色蓬 | はいいろよもぎ, ハイイロヨモギ | Artemisia sieversiana |