1
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
calling card
1
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thorn;spine;prickle
どのバラにもとげがあるように人生には悲しみがある。
Life has its sorrows, as every rose has its thorns.
2
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh);hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
この指に刺がささって取れません。
I can't get this splinter out of my finger.
3
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
biting words
彼の言葉にはとげがあった。
There was a bite in his remark.
Other forms
棘 【とげ】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
word usually written using kana alone
medicine
cholera
from eng
from dut
200人の人が昨年コレラで死んだ。
Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
Other forms
虎列剌 【コレラ】 (ateji (phonetic) reading) (rarely used kanji form)