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1 exact word match found in search 'ホタル'
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noun
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm  (often written with kana only)
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4 words found beginning with 'ホタル'
noun
firefly front
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noun
smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe
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noun
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid  (often written with kana only)
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noun
Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)  (often written with kana only)
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1 partial word match found in search 'ホタル'
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noun
5th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 5th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
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