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柊ひいらぎ
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
Alt. forms
柊ひいらぎ
80%
ヒイラギ
18%
ひいらぎ
1%
疼ひいら木ぎ
Kanji used
柊
holly
Pitch accent
ひ
いらぎ
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Used in: 146
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
Mahonia japonica; Japanese mahonia
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
English holly (Ilex aquifolium)