(n)a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest, Syn.white matsutake
[まつ, matsu](v5t, vt, vi) (1) (待つ only) to wait; (2) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (3) (usu. in negative form) to depend on; to need; (P)#7781[Add to Longdo]
[ねんまつねんし, nenmatsunenshi](n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year#10573[Add to Longdo]
[だじょうかん;だいじょうかん;おおいまつりごとのつかさ, dajoukan ; daijoukan ; ooimatsurigotonotsukasa](n) (1) (だじょうかん, だいじょうかん only) Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); (2) (usu. だいじょうかん) (See 律令制) Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)#16081[Add to Longdo]
[おたうえまつり, otauematsuri](n) (1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine[Add to Longdo]
[ふいごまつり, fuigomatsuri](n) Bellows Festival (festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray)[Add to Longdo]
[クマツヅラか(クマツヅラ科);くまつづらか(熊葛科), kumatsudura ka ( kumatsudura ka ); kumatsuduraka ( kuma kuzu ka )](n) Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants)[Add to Longdo]