とげ
Meanings
Noun
1. 植物や動物の体表にある硬くて尖った突起。
2. 木・竹・骨などの尖った細片。
3. 人の感情を刺激する悪意・皮肉。
Kanji used
thornbush
Pitch accent
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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
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.