シモツケ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of シモツケ – see the following entry.
下野しもつけ
[proper noun] a placename, such as that of:
[proper noun] (historical) short for 下野国 (Shimotsuke-no-kuni): Shimotsuke Province, an old province of Japan, now part of Tochigi Prefecture
[proper noun] short for 下野市 (Shimotsuke-shi): Shimotsuke (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) [2006–]
[proper noun] a surname
[noun] the Japanese meadowsweet, Spiraea japonica
Alternative spelling
繍線菊
(This term, シモツケ (shimotsuke), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)