いら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Cognate with いろ (iro). Found only in compounds.

Noun

いら • (ira) 

  1. kinship through the same mother
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いら – see the following entry.
【刺】S
[noun] a thorn, prickle
[noun] the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin
[noun] short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle
[noun] short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth
[noun] the horn-like projections of 金平糖 (konpeitō, “sugar candy of varying colors and flavors”)
[noun] synonym of 水母 (kurage): a jellyfish
Alternative spellings
棘, 蕁
(This term, いら (ira), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いら.)
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