みょうが

See also: ミョウガ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of みょうが – see the following entries.
【冥加】
[noun] divine protection
[noun] a blessing, something fortuitous
【茗荷】
[noun] myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking
[noun] a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness)
[noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)
Alternative spellings
蘘荷, ミョウガ
【明日ぬくい】
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spellings
あけひ, ぬくひ, あけび
(This term, みょうが (myōga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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