Word Meaning 苦菜

にがな nigana

苦菜 is read as にがな (nigana) and means Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family).

Meaning

English

Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

Reading

Kana

にがな

Romaji

nigana

Writing Variants

黄瓜菜 にがな nigana

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 128110 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

岩苦菜

いわにがな

creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)

高嶺苦菜

たかねにがな

Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)

苦悩

くのう

(mental) agony

苦境

くきょう

difficult situation

苦虫

にがむし

bitter-tasting bug

苦情調査官

くじょうちょうさかん

ombudsman

苦境に立つ

くきょうにたつ

to be in difficulties

苦無

くない

mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

苦難の行軍

くなんのこうぐん

Arduous March

苦竹

くちく

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

苦鉄質

くてつしつ

mafic

苦土石灰

くどせっかい

dolomite lime