Word Meaning 針千本

はりせんぼん harisembon

針千本 is read as はりせんぼん (harisembon) and means porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus).

Meaning

English

porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus)
balloonfish

Reading

Kana

はりせんぼん

Romaji

harisembon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 42492 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

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指切りげんまん、嘘ついたら針千本飲ます

ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます

cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye

一目千本

ひとめせんぼん

place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance (esp. Mount Yoshino in Nara Prefecture)

千六本

せんろっぽん

julienne (esp. of daikon)

千人針

せんにんばり

1000-stitch belt

千本占地

せんぼんしめじ

Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)

基本方針

きほんほうしん

basic policy

義経千本桜

よしつねせんぼんざくら

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

千本格子

せんぼんごうし

lattice of evenly spaced vertical timber bars (used in facades, etc.)

千本鳥居

せんぼんとりい

rows of torii gates (e.g. at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine)

針

はり

counter for stitches

針金

はりがね

wire

針路

しんろ

course