しょうが

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうが – see the following entries.
生姜
ginger, Zingiber officinale
Alternative spellings
ショウガ, 生薑,
小我
(Buddhism) an unenlightened person; one invested in one's own ego
self, ego
(This term, しょうが (shōga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)