トリカブト

noun

aconite; wolfsbane; monkshood

Refers to highly toxic plants of the genus Aconitum, especially Aconitum japonicum. All parts are poisonous. Often written in katakana.

• トリカブトの根ねには猛もう毒どくがある。

  The root of aconite contains a deadly poison.

• 山やまでトリカブトの花はなを見みつけた。

  I found aconite flowers in the mountains.

noun

traditional bugaku hat

A hat shaped like a bird's head, used in bugaku (traditional court dance). This sense is less common in everyday language.

• 舞ぶ楽がくで使つかう鳥とり兜かぶとは鳥とりの頭あたまをかたどっている。

  The torikabuto hat used in bugaku is shaped like a bird's head.