芥

Meaning

芥 centers on small, scattered, or discarded things: mustard seeds, dust, trash, and rubbish. The plant-related meanings (mustard, rape) are specific applications of this small-particle idea.

• 芥子けし

  opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

• 小芥子こけし

  limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll

• 芥川賞あくたがわしょう

  Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

• 芥あくた

  rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; dirt

• 芥ごもく

  trash; rubbish; garbage

• 塵芥じんかい

  rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

• 厨芥ちゅうかい

  kitchen waste

• 和蘭芥子おらんだがらし

  watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

• 塵芥車じんかいしゃ

  garbage truck; dustcart

• 春の野芥子はるののげし

  sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus); milk thistle

• 洋芥子ようがらし

  mustard

• 犬芥いぬがらし

  variableleaf yellowcress (Rorippa indica)

• 田芥たがらし

  celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup

• 白芥子しろがらし

  white mustard (Sinapis alba)

• 秋の野芥子あきののげし

  Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

• 細頸芥虫ほそくびごみむし

  bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)

• 芥子泥かいしでい

  mustard plaster

• 芥子粒けしつぶ

  poppy seed

• 芥屋ゴルフ倶楽部けやゴルフくらぶ

  Keya Golf Club (Fukuoka)

• 芥藍カイラン

  kai-lan; gai-lan; Chinese broccoli

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