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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
word usually written using kana alone
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thorny shrub
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
wild rose;briar
often written 薔薇
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thorn
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
architecture
cusp
Other forms
荊 【いばら】 · 棘 【いばら】
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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
briars;thicket;the bush
Other forms
荊棘 【おどろ】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thorn;spine;prickle
どのバラにもとげがあるように人生には悲しみがある。
Life has its sorrows, as every rose has its thorns.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh);hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
この指に刺がささって取れません。
I can't get this splinter out of my finger.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
biting words
彼の言葉にはとげがあった。
There was a bite in his remark.
Other forms
棘 【とげ】