糸瓜

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See also: 丝瓜

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
糸 瓜
へちま
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
絲瓜 (kyūjitai)
天糸瓜

Pronunciation

Noun

糸瓜(へちま) or 糸瓜(ヘチマ) • (hechima) 

  1. a sponge gourd; a dishrag gourd; a rag gourd
  2. a loofah (dried fibrous interior used as a sponge)
    • 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん)　椿(つばき)派(は)もヴィダルサスーン派(は)もティモテ派(は)も背(せ)中(なか)を流(んが)し合(あ)えば一(ひと)つ [Lesson 335: Camilla, Vidal Sassoon and Timotei Are All the Same As Long As You Clean Your Back]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      背(せ)中(なか)の皮(かわ)がはがれてるじゃないか屁(ヘ)怒(ド)絽(ロ)兄(にい)さん
      Senaka no kawa ga hagareteru ja nai ka Hedoro-nī-san
      Did the skin on his back just peel off, big bro Hedoro?
      そんな⁉　お父(とう)さんは釘(くぎ)を打(う)ち込(こ)んだヘチマで身体(からだ)を洗(あら)っていたんだぞ
      Sonna⁉ Otō-san wa kugi o uchikonda hechima de karada o aratteitan da zo
      Really!? Dad used to wash his body with a loofah with nails sticking out of it.
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