独活の大木

Japanese
Kanji in this term
独 活 大 木
Grade: 5 Grade: 2 たい
Grade: 1		 ぼく
Grade: 1
Irregular on’yomi

Etymology

From 独 (う)活 (ど) (udo, “Japanese spikenard”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 大木 (たいぼく) (taiboku, “large tree”), because the stem of a Japanese spikenard grows high, but then it becomes inedible, and the stem is soft.

Noun

独活の大木 (hiragana うどのたいぼく, rōmaji udo no taiboku)

  1. good-for-nothing
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