onion

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʌn.jən/

Noun

uncountable of a drug slang obsolete archaic colloquial

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. / The bulb of such a plant. / (uncountable) The genus Allium as a whole. / (slang, of a drug) An ounce.

Japanese Meaning

タマネギ：料理で野菜として使われる球根植物（Allium cepa） / その球根そのもの / アリウム属全体、またはその一部とされる植物群 / （俗語で）1オンス

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I chopped a sweet onion and added it to the stew to deepen the flavor.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私は甘い玉ねぎを刻んでシチューに加え、風味を深めました。

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Sense（1）

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

Sense（2）

The bulb of such a plant.

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Sense（3）

(uncountable) The genus Allium as a whole.

Sense（4）

(slang, of a drug) An ounce.

Sense（5）

(obsolete baseball slang) A ball.

Sense（6）

(colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

Sense（7）

(obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.

[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […]

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onions

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