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
Kanji used
thornbush
Pitch accent
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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.)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis); freckled monitor
ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus); spiny-tailed monitor
sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
Examples (2 in total)
Roses have thorns.
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.