糸瓜

See also: 丝瓜

Japanese
Kanji in this term
糸 瓜
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) へちま [hèchímá] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [he̞t͡ɕima̠]

Noun

糸瓜 (hiragana へちま, katakana ヘチマ, rōmaji hechima)

  1. a sponge gourd; a dishrag gourd; a rag gourd
  2. a loofah (dried fibrous interior used as a sponge)
    • 2011 April 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百三十五訓くん　椿つばき派はもヴィダルサスーン派はもティモテ派はも背せ中なかを流んがし合あえば一ひとつ [Lesson 335: Camilla, Vidal Sassoon and Timotei Are All the Same As Long As You Clean Your Back]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      背 (せ)中 (なか)の皮 (かわ)がはがれてるじゃないか屁 (ヘ)怒 (ド)絽 (ロ)兄 (にい)さん
      Senaka no kawa ga hagareteru ja nai ka Hedoro-nī-san
      Did the skin on his back just peel off, Hedoro-nī-san?
      そんな⁉　お父 (とう)さんは釘 (くぎ)を打 (う)ち込 (こ)んだヘチマで身体 (からだ)を洗 (あら)っていたんだぞ
      Sonna⁉ Otō-san wa kugi o uchikonda hechima de karada o aratteitan da zo
      Really⁉ Dad used to wash his body with a loofah with nails sticking out of it
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