みょうが

See also: ミョウガ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of みょうが – see the following entries.

【冥加】	[noun] divine protection [noun] a blessing, something fortuitous

[noun] myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking

[noun] a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness)

[noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

Alternative spellings
蘘荷, ミョウガ

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, みょうが, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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