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7 word matches found for '刺' using reading 'とげ'
2
noun
1. thorn; spine; prickle
2. splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
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1
sharply; harshly; stingingly
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Most common form: 刺の有る言葉
expression, noun
stinging (barbed) words; harsh language
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2
Most common form: 棘魚
noun
stickleback (any fish of family Gasterosteidae)  (often written with kana only)
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3
noun
tweezers; forceps
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3
Most common form: 棘鼠
noun
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)  (often written with kana only)
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expression
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn  (proverb)
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