Jisho

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Words — 122 found

Noun
1. tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)〔 〕
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
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小難しい 【こむつかしい】
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あめ
Noun
1. hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candySee also 鼈甲色
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鼈甲飴 【べっこうあめ】
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Noun
1. double torture; double pain; double hardship; double whammy
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. deciding through (tortoise-shell) divination
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卜定 【ぼくてい】
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Noun
1. tortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan)Historical term
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亀卜 【かめうら】
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Noun
1. obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes
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こう
Noun
1. tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.Food, cooking
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鼈甲餡 【べっこうあん】べっ甲餡 【べっこうあん】鼈甲あん 【べっこうあん】
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Noun
1. crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)See also 鶴は千年亀は万年
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Noun
1. Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)Historical term
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Noun
1. leafroller moth (Tortricidae spp.); tortrix mothUsually written using kana alone
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葉巻蛾 【はまきが】
Notes
葉巻蛾: Rarely-used kanji form.
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