ひいらぎ – Vocabulary details

ひいらぎ

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly

2. holly

common mistranslation

3. spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

also written as 鮗

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いらぎ

sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

English holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Mahonia japonica; Japanese mahonia

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