夜来香

See also: 夜來香

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜来香 *– see 夜來香 (“fragrance of [the] night; tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa; etc.”).* (This term is the simplified form of 夜來香).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	来	香
イエ Grade: 2	ライ Grade: 2	シャン Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
夜來香 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Mandarin 夜來香／夜来香 (yèláixiāng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) イエライシャン [ìéráꜜìshàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ie̞ɾa̠iɕã̠ɴ]

Noun

夜(イエ)来(ライ)香(シャン) • (ieraishan)

(informal) synonym of 月下香 (gekkakō): the tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa
- 1950, “Tuberose”, Takao Saeki (lyrics), Li Jinguang (music), performed by Yoshiko Yamaguchi:
  
  長(なが)き夜(よ)の泪(なみだ)　唄(うた)ううぐいすよ
  恋(こい)の夢(ゆめ)消(き)えて　残(のこ)る夜(イエ)来(ライ)香(シャン)　この夜(イエ)来(ライ)香(シャン)
  nagaki yo no namida utau uguisu yo
  koi no yume kiete nokoru ieraishan kono ieraishan
  The tears of that long night, and too that singing nightingale.
  What remains from the fading dream of love is this tuberose.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN