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
Top 9300
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
Examples (2 in total)
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.
Roses have thorns.