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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
62%
トゲ
20%
刺とげ
9%
とげ
6%
Kanji used
棘
thornbush
Pitch accent
と
げ
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor
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Examples (2 in total)
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.
Roses have thorns.