This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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匏、瓢
ひさご、ひさこ、ひさ
gourd; calabash; bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
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瓢、匏
ふくべ、ひょう
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
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瓢箪

ひょうたん、ヒョウタン
gourd; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)
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てんとう虫

天道虫、瓢虫
てんとうむし、テントウムシ
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
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瓢箪鯰

ひょうたんなまず
(person) slippery as an eel
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千成瓢箪

千成り瓢箪、千生り瓢箪、千生瓢箪
せんなりびょうたん
bottle gourd; ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
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青瓢箪

あおびょうたん
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
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乾瓢

干瓢
かんぴょう
strips of dried gourd
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二十八星瓢虫

にじゅうやほしてんとう、ニジュウヤホシテントウ
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
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七星天道虫

七星瓢虫
ななほしてんとう、ナナホシテントウ
seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)