Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
acorn
potato starch
starch of dogtooth violet
Idiomatic expression; Orig. from the fable the monkey and the cat by jean de la fontaine
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire
Food, cooking
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed
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