Word Meaning 擬宝珠

ぎぼし giboshi

擬宝珠 is read as ぎぼし (giboshi) and means Welsh onion flower.

Meaning

English

  1. Welsh onion flower
  2. leek flower
  3. hosta
  4. plantain lily
  5. ornamental railing top
  6. bridge railing-post knob

Reading

Kana

ぎぼし

Romaji

giboshi

Writing Variants

  • 擬宝珠 ぎぼうし giboushi
  • 擬宝珠 ぎぼうしゅ giboushu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136268 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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擬宝珠虫

ぎぼしむし

acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)

大葉擬宝珠

おおばぎぼうし

Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)

小葉擬宝珠

こばぎぼうし

Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)

如意宝珠

にょいほうじゅ

Cintamani stone

宝珠

ほうじゅ

precious orb

摩尼宝珠

まにほうじゅ

jewel

宝珠の玉

ほうじゅのたま

Cintamani stone

擬寸法集合体

ぎすんぽうしゅうごうたい

assumed-size aggregate

擬人化

ぎじんか

personification

擬人法

ぎじんほう

personification

擬軟体動物

ぎなんたいどうぶつ

molluscoid

擬古主義

ぎこしゅぎ

archaism