胡

Meaning

胡 centers on the idea of foreignness, especially from a historical Chinese perspective referring to northern or western non-Han peoples. The meaning 'barbarian' is a pejorative extension of that same concept of being outside one's own culture.

• 二胡にこ

  erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu

• 胡桃くるみ

  walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

• 胡麻ごま

  sesame seeds

• 胡瓜きゅうり
  N1

  cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

• 胡椒こしょう
  N3

  pepper

• 胡散臭いうさんくさい

  suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

• 胡蝶こちょう

  butterfly

• 胡こ

  barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

• 胡坐あぐら
  N1

  sitting cross-legged

• 胡散うさん

  suspicious

• 胡坐こざ

  sitting cross-legged

• 胡麻木ごまぎ

  Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)

• 荏胡麻えごま

  wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens); oilseed perilla; egoma

• 胡麻和えごまあえ

  dish dressed with sesame sauce

• 胡粉ごふん

  artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate

• 胡麻を擂るごまをする
  N2

  to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; to grind sesame seeds

• 三島柴胡みしまさいこ

  Bupleurum stenophyllum (species of medicinal herb)

• 五胡ごこ

  Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

• 五胡十六国ごこじゅうろっこく

  Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

• 京胡きょうこ

  jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

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