麻

Meaning

麻 centers on the hemp plant and its fibers, used for making linen-like cloth. The sense of numbness likely comes from the tingling sensation associated with hemp or from the texture of coarse hemp fabric.

• 麻あさ
  N1

  cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant)

• 麻薬まやく
  N1

  narcotic; drug; dope

• 麻雀マージャン
  N1

  mahjong; mah-jongg

• 麻酔ますい
  N1

  anaesthesia; anesthesia

• 麻痺まひ
  N1

  paralysis; palsy; stupor

• 大麻たいま

  hemp

• 麻衣あさごろも

  linen robe

• 胡麻ごま

  sesame seeds

• 麻姑まこ

  Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails

• 麻布あさぬの

  hemp cloth; linen

• 麺麻めんま

  bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

• 麻疹はしか

  measles

• 麻辣マーラー

  mala (spicy and numbing seasoning)

• 蕁麻疹じんましん
  N1

  hives; nettle rash; urticaria

• 亜麻あま

  flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed

• 胡麻木ごまぎ

  Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)

• 亜麻仁あまに

  flaxseed; linseed

• 麻黄まおう

  mahuang; ephedra

• 荏胡麻えごま

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

• 麻実おのみ

  hemp seed

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