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narcissus; daffodil
Spring bulb flower of the genus Narcissus, with white or yellow trumpet-shaped blooms. Widely planted in Japanese gardens and along the coast, especially as a winter-to-early-spring flower.
庭に水仙が咲いた。
Narcissuses have bloomed in the garden.
春の訪れを告げる水仙の花が好きだ。
I love narcissus flowers, which announce the arrival of spring.
越前海岸は日本三大水仙群生地の一つとして知られている。
The Echizen coast is known as one of Japan's three great wild narcissus colonies.
Spring flowering bulb of the genus Narcissus. In Japan it blooms from late winter through early spring and is associated with the end of the cold season. The whole plant is toxic if eaten.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 水仙が咲く: narcissus blooms
- 水仙の花: narcissus flower
- ニホンズイセン: Japanese narcissus (the most common variety)
- ラッパ水仙: trumpet daffodil
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
Narcissus is celebrated as one of the 雪中四友 (four friends in the snow) along with plum, winter sweet, and camellia. Several coastal areas (notably Echizen, Awaji, and Kakuda) are famous for wild narcissus colonies.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ラッパ水仙: trumpet daffodil — the large-trumpeted variety often pictured in English as a 'daffodil'
- チューリップ: tulip — another spring bulb flower
- 彼岸花: red spider lily — another bulb-related flower, but blooms in autumn