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Archaic

gourd; calabash; bottle gourd

dried gourd, used as flask

Word usually written using kana alone

Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit

ふくべ only

Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

gourd (container); calabash

Idiomatic expression

something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

(person) slippery as an eel

Idiomatic expression

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd

Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)

strips of dried gourd

ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle

Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird

green calabash; unripe gourd

scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person

one gourd

small drink (esp. of alcohol); drink one carries

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird

bottle gourd

ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

Word usually written using kana alone

handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)

Colloquial

28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird; Halloween beetle

28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

Japanese mythology

nurarihyon; elusive ghost resembling an old man with an elongated head

Idiomatic expression; From the Analects of Confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

Rare term; From the Analects of Confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink