ヒイラギ
Meanings
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
Pitch accent
イラギ
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
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
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)