みょうが

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See also: ミョウガ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of みょうが – see the following entries.
冥加
divine protection
a blessing, something fortuitous
茗荷
myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking
a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness)
a kind of 家紋 (kamon, family crest)
Alternative spellings
蘘荷, ミョウガ
明日ぬくい
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.)