棘
棘

thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

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キョク

Kun

いばらとげ

Dictionary

Common Words

刺棘とげトゲNounFreq #9207
1

thorn; spine; prickle

Examples
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.
2

splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)

Examples
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.
3

biting words

Examples
彼の言葉にはとげがあった。
There was a bite in his remark.
茨荊棘いばらイバラNounFreq #21970
1

thorny shrub

2

Often written 薔薇

wild rose; briar

3

thorn

4

Architecture

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荊棘けいきょく《ばら》NounFreq #81656
1

wild rose; bramble

2

けいきょく only

briar patch

3

けいきょく only; Idiomatic expression

obstacle; source of difficulty; thorn

毒棘どくきょくNounFreq #134508
1

poisonous spine; venomous spine

棘皮動物きょくひどうぶつNounFreq #168287
1

echinoderm

骨棘こつきょくこっきょくNounFreq #181046
1

bone spur; osteophyte

棘突起きょくとっきNounFreq #199191
1

spinous process

綺麗な薔薇には棘がある綺麗な薔薇には刺があるきれいなばらにはとげがあるExpressionFreq #213713
1

Proverb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)

there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn

とげうお棘魚刺魚トゲウオNounUsually kanaFreq #248930
1

stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)

棘皮動物門きょくひどうぶつもんNounFreq #283439
1

Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)

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