English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “tomorrow [the asunaro] will become a hinoki cypress”
Shortened from 明日は檜になろう (asu wa hinoki ni narō, literally “tomorrow [the asunaro] will become a hinoki cypress”), a blend/compound of 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”) + なろう (narō, volitional form of verb なる (naru), to “become”). The kanji spelling is literally "next (day) + hinoki cypress".
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: 翌檜CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

