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木天蓼 [rK]
またたび [gikun] マタタビ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ silver vine (Actinidia polygama)
▶ cat powder
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2868148 木天蓼【もくてんりょう】 1. silver vine (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  ⇐ see: 2845848 猫にまたたびお女郎に小判【ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん】 1. everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes



History:
11. A 2025-11-23 05:27:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2025-11-22 22:28:35  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/マタタビ
>> 漢方では木天蓼(もくてんりょう)という。
https://www.babakanpou.co.jp/contents/minkan/matatabi.html
>> 生薬名"木天蓼(もくてんりょう)"
  Comments:
The もくてんりょう reading is used in 漢方. It needs to be split out anyway as [uk] only applies to またたび.
  Diff:
@@ -15,4 +14,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>もくてんりょう</reb>
-<re_inf>&rk;</re_inf>
9. A 2025-11-20 00:52:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2025-11-19 19:36:29  Sombrero1
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 木天蓼     │   5,556 │  1.4% │[rK]
│ またたび    │ 281,883 │ 68.6% │
│ マタタビ    │ 123,317 │ 30.0% │moving up
│ もくてんりょう │     443 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
またたび is 熟字訓 for 木天蓼

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  Comments:
I think もくてんりょう should get [rk]. I can't see it anywhere apart from the quoted jawiki article.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -9,3 +10 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>もくてんりょう</reb>
+<re_inf>&gikun;</re_inf>
@@ -15,0 +15,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>もくてんりょう</reb>
+<re_inf>&rk;</re_inf>
7. A 2020-07-31 06:28:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_polygama
  Comments:
I agree - it's straying into encyclopedia territory. The JEs don't mention it.
  Diff:
@@ -20 +19,0 @@
-<s_inf>causes euphoria in cats, akin to catnip</s_inf>
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