Japanese cedar

Japanese: スギ
Japanese cedar
It is an evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Sugi in the family Cupressaceae. It is written in kanji as cedar and in English as "Japanses cedar". It is called various names such as Sugi, Akita cedar, Yoshino cedar, Yaku cedar (Satsuma cedar, Hon-Yaku cedar), Jindai cedar (Chajindai, Kurojindai), Tenryu cedar, Hita cedar, Obi cedar, Kasuga cedar, Tosa cedar (Uyanase cedar), and Kirishima cedar. It was once called Maki. The wood has straight grain and coarse texture. It is somewhat soft and not resistant to abrasion, but it is resistant to corrosion. It is prone to splitting vertically along the grain, is not very water resistant, has a distinctive smell, and is not oily. The quality of the wood varies greatly depending on whether it is natural or not, and is also greatly influenced by the growth process and place of origin. Wood with many fine, parallel lines when viewed from the straight grain has dense annual rings, is evaluated as a hard, uniform, and good wood, and is called "itomasa". Its uses are varied, from structural materials to furniture and floor pillars.

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Japanese:
スギ科スギ属の常緑針葉樹。漢字では杉、英語では「Japanses cedar」と表記される。椙、秋田杉、吉野杉、屋久杉(薩摩杉、本屋久杉)、神代杉(茶神代、黒神代)、天竜杉、日田杉、飫肥杉、春日杉、土佐杉(魚梁瀬杉)、霧島杉など、様々な呼び名がある。かつてはマキとも呼ばれた。材の性質としては、木理は通直であり、肌目は粗い。堅さはやや柔らかいため摩耗耐久性は無いが、腐食耐久性はある。木目に沿って縦に割れやすい、耐水性がそれほどない、特有の匂いがある、脂気が少ない、といった特徴がある。材質は天然木であるか否かによってかなり違ってき、またそれぞれの成長過程や産地によって随分左右される。柾目から見て細かくて細い平行線がたくさん並んだような材は年輪が密であり、堅くて均一で良い材と評価され「糸柾」と呼ばれる。構造材から、家具、床柱まで、用途は様々である。

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