Words — 18 found
ひょうたんこま
瓢箪から駒
1. something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourdIdiomatic expression
2. something impossible; something ridiculousIdiomatic expression
ひょうたんから駒 【ひょうたんからこま】
ひょうたん
瓢箪
1. calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourdUsually written using kana alone
2. gourd (container); calabashUsually written using kana alone
3. Hyoutan
ヒョウタン
ナナホシテントウ
1. seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybirdUsually written using kana alone
七星瓢虫 【ななほしてんとう】、七星天道 【ななほしてんとう】
七星瓢虫: Rarely-used kanji form. 七星天道: Rarely-used kanji form.
ひょうねんず
瓢鮎図
1. Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
2. Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)
ひさご
瓠
1. gourd; calabash; bottle gourdArchaic
2. dried gourd, used as flask
瓠 【ひさこ】、匏 【ひさご】、匏 【ひさこ】、瓢 【ひさご】、瓢 【ひさこ】、瓠 【ひさ】、瓢 【ひょう】
ひさこ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ひさこ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ひさこ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ひさ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
たんしひょういん
箪食瓢飲
1. simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drinkRare term, Yojijukugo (four character compound), from the Analects of Confucius
簞食瓢飲 【たんしひょういん】
いったんのしいっぴょうのいん
一箪の食一瓢の飲
1. simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drinkIdiomatic expression, from the Analects of Confucius
一簞の食一瓢の飲 【いったんのしいっぴょうのいん】
にじゅうやほしてんとう
二十八星瓢虫
1. 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)Usually written using kana alone
ニジュウヤホシテントウ
せんなりびょうたん
千成瓢箪
1. bottle gourd
2. ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
千成り瓢箪 【せんなりびょうたん】、千生り瓢箪 【せんなりびょうたん】、千生瓢箪 【せんなりびょうたん】
てんとうむしだまし
偽瓢虫
1. handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)Usually written using kana alone
テントウムシダマシ
あおびょうたん
青瓢箪
1. green calabash; unripe gourd
2. scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
青びょうたん 【あおびょうたん】
ナミテントウ
1. Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird; Halloween beetleUsually written using kana alone, See also テントウムシ
並天道 【なみてんとう】、並瓢虫 【なみてんとう】
並天道: Rarely-used kanji form. 並瓢虫: Rarely-used kanji form.
ひょうたんこまで
瓢箪から駒が出る
1. something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourdIdiomatic expression
2. something impossible; something ridiculousIdiomatic expression
ひょうたんから駒が出る 【ひょうたんからこまがでる】