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茗荷 [news2,nf34] 蘘荷 [rK]
みょうが [news2,nf34] ミョウガ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
▶ myoga ginger
▶ mioga ginger



History:
2. A 2023-09-18 07:49:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2023-09-18 03:18:11  Opencooper
  Refs:
G n-grams:

茗荷の花   1,809 27.7%
みょうがの花   903 13.8%
ミョウガの花 3,827 58.5% <- jawiki
蘘荷の花       0  0.0% <- smk (n-grams report "No initial match")
  Comments:
meikyo/smk both note a folk belief that consuming too much causes one to become forgetful. daijs calls 「茗荷」 ateji.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>蘘荷</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
@@ -13,0 +18,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ミョウガ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -15,0 +24 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -16,0 +26,2 @@
+<gloss>myoga ginger</gloss>
+<gloss>mioga ginger</gloss>

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