Japanese word

ツリー

Pronunciation

Romajitsurī

Meaning

  • nountree

Example

クリスマスにはツリーを飾ります。ku ri su ma su ni wa tsu rī o kaza ri ma su

We decorate a tree at Christmas.

Illustration for ツリー (tree)

More examples

公園の大きなツリーを見上げます。kō en no ō ki na tsu rī o mi a ge ma su

I look up at the large tree in the park.

Core concept

Refers to a woody plant that rises from the ground, with the same word extending to the decorated form used at Christmas.

Common phrases

  • クリスマスツリーku ri su ma su tsu rī

    Christmas tree

  • ツリーを飾るtsu rī o kaza ru

    decorate a tree

Similar words

木ki: A general noun for a woody plant and, in some contexts, the wood obtained from it.
樹木jumoku: A formal noun for a woody plant considered as part of nature or a landscape.

Definition in Japanese

地面から幹を伸ばして枝を広げる木を表し、クリスマス用の飾りつけをした木にも用いる語。ji men ka ra miki o no ba shi te eda o hiro ge ru ki o arawa shi ku ri su ma su yō no kaza ri tsu ke o shi ta ki ni mo mochi i ru go

Word origin

ツリー (tsurī) is a loanword from the English word tree, whose basic meaning is a plant with a woody trunk and branches.

Usage tips

  • English uses tree for diagrams and systems that branch from one starting point, which explains terms such as family tree and syntax tree.

Other meanings

  • Christmas treenoun

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