蓮れん華げ

noun

lotus flower

Refers to the flower of the lotus plant. Often used in Buddhist contexts and decorative motifs.

See also: 蓮

• 池いけに美うつくしい蓮れん華げが咲さいている。

  Beautiful lotus flowers are blooming in the pond.

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうは蓮れん華げの上うえに座すわっている。

  The Buddha statue is seated on a lotus flower.

noun

Chinese milk vetch

Abbreviation of 蓮華草 (れんげそう). A common plant in Japan, often seen in fields. Usually written in kana.

See also: 蓮華草

• 春はるになると、田たんぼにれんげが一いち面めんに咲さく。

  In spring, Chinese milk vetch blooms all over the rice fields.

noun

Chinese spoon; porcelain spoon

Abbreviation of 散り蓮華 (ちりれんげ). A flat-bottomed spoon used for Chinese cuisine, shaped like a lotus petal.

See also: 散り蓮華

• 中ちゅう華か料りょう理り店てんでれんげを使つかってスープを飲のむ。

  I drink soup with a Chinese spoon at a Chinese restaurant.

noun

lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

A stone base shaped like a lotus flower, used under gravestones or Buddhist statues.

• お墓はかの蓮れん華げに花はなを供そなえる。

  I offer flowers on the lotus-shaped pedestal of the grave.