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刺
Hiragana
いら
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
とげや針のように鋭く突き出た部分。また、それによって刺すこと。
Easy Japanese Meaning
とがっていてささるちいさなもの。さかなのせびれにもあり、いらくさやいらむしをみじかくいうこともある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
（植物）刺、棘、刺毛 / （鱼）背鳍的硬刺 / 荨麻或刺蛾幼虫的略称
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
植物的刺、棘 / 魚背鰭上的硬刺 / （日）蕁麻或刺蛾幼蟲的略稱
Korean Meaning
가시 / (물고기 등지느러미의) 가시 / 쐐기풀 또는 쐐기벌레(노랑쐐기나방의 애벌레)
Indonesian
duri; duri kecil / duri pada sirip punggung ikan / jelatang
Vietnamese Meaning
gai, mũi nhọn / gai vây lưng của cá / tầm ma; (cũng) ấu trùng của loài bướm đêm Monema flavescens
Tagalog Meaning
tinik / tinik sa palikpik ng isda / higad (makating uod)
Sense（1）
a thorn, prickle
Sense（2）
the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin
Sense（3）
Short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle
Sense（4）
Short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth
Sense（5）
Synonym of 水母 (kurage): a jellyfish
Sense（6）
the horn-like projections of 金平糖 (konpeitō, “sugar candy of varying colors and flavors”)
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a thorn, prickle / the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin / Short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle / Short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth
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刺
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He pricked his finger on a rose thorn.
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彼はバラの刺に指を刺した。
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