Meanings
Readings
Common Words
audacious; daring; bold; impudent; cheeky
throaty (voice); rough; deep; hoarse
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet
(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
returning tit for tat; retaliating
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
extreme; terrible; excessive
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
absurd; unreasonable; foolish
Derogatory
fool; idiot
Buddhism
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)
Word usually written using kana alone; Esp. しっぺ
striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
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