Keyword
melon
Info
FrequencyTop 2300-2400
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2022
Readings
うり
(55%)
(27%)
いか
(13%)
(2%)
がん
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
slightly sloped cliff
slash right
arm of a bodybuilder
Used in kanji (8 in total)
orphan
fox
arc
gourd
Used in vocabulary (84 in total)
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
melon; gourd
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
oval face (e.g. of a beautiful woman)
melon field; melon patch
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
melon cucumber
oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
watermelon splitting (game)
Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae spp., esp. edible); gourds
avoid compromising situations
Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon
Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
(girl's arrival at) puberty
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
wild boar piglet
hebephrenia; disorganized schizophrenia (disorganised)
Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)
Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon
family crest based on a japonica flower; style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
liquid cosmetic made from loofah extract
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)
bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus); star cucumber
bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus); star cucumber
Okinawan yellow cucumber
man with an unattractive, unusually shaped face
seedless watermelon
Choenomeles lagenaria; hiboke flowering quince
hawthorn-leaf maple (Acer crataegifolium); uri maple
horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus); kiwano; African horned cucumber; jelly melon
Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)
Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal
Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); winter melon
wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)
kara flowering quince; Choenomeles lagenaria
Choenomeles lagenaria; shiroboke flowering quince
Choenomeles lagenaria; yodoboke flowering quince
Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince
Okinawan yellow cucumber
spaghetti squash (group of cultivars of Cucurbita pepo)
spaghetti squash (group of cultivars of Cucurbita pepo)
stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
Alangium platanifolium var. trilobum
Alangium platanifolium var. trilobum
dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica); (Japanese) flowering quince; Maule's quince; japonica
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae)
melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum); cucumber tapeworm; double-pore tapeworm
grey-budded snake-bark maple (Acer rufinerve); redvein maple; Honshū maple
grey-budded snake-bark maple (Acer rufinerve); redvein maple; Honshū maple
angled luffa (Luffa acutangula); Chinese okra; dish cloth gourd; ridged gourd; sponge gourd; vegetable gourd
Cucurbita pepo (species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini)
Cucurbita pepo (species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini)
Cucurbita pepo (species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini)
acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata)
chayote (Sechium edule); christophine; christophene
snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)
Examples (7 in total)
Those two are exactly alike.
Those twins look like two peas in a pod.
Tom and Ken are like peas in a pod.