Word Meaning 粉吹金亀子

こふきこがね kofukikogane

粉吹金亀子 is read as こふきこがね (kofukikogane) and means Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)

Reading

Kana

こふきこがね

Romaji

kofukikogane

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 103339 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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玉押金亀子

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粉末冶金

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powder metallurgy

粉吹き芋

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dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)

亀の子

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turtle (tortoise) shell

火吹藍子

ひふきあいご

blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish)

金沢女子大学

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Kanazawa Women's University

亀の子たわし

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tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

亀の子縛り

かめのこしばり

tieing up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

金粉

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gold dust

粉飾

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putting on makeup