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
ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor
sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
Examples (2 in total)
Like a thorn stuck in your throat.
Roses have thorns.