夜来香

See also: 夜來香

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 夜来香 *– see 夜來香 (“tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa; night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum; 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:
  
  あわれ春(はる)風(かぜ)に　嘆(なげ)くうぐいすよ
  つきぬ思(おも)い出(で)の　花(はな)は夜(イエ)来(ライ)香(シャン)　恋(こい)の夜(イエ)来(ライ)香(シャン)
  aware harukaze ni nageku uguisu yo
  tsukinu omoide no hana wa ieraishan koi no ieraishan
  The depressing spring wind brings the warbler[’s song of] lament.
  The flower of neverending memories [and] longing is the tuberose.

References

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