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棘とげ
Meanings
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)
3. biting words
Alt. forms
棘とげ
64%
トゲ
21%
刺とげ
8%
とげ
4%
Kanji used
棘
thornbush
Pitch accent
と
げ
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Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
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Examples (2 in total)
Roses have thorns.
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.