しょうが

See also: しょうか, じょうか, and じょうが

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうが – see the following entries.

【生姜】 [noun] ginger, Zingiber officinale Alternative spellings ショウガ, 生薑, 薑

【小我】 [noun] (Buddhism) an unenlightened person; one invested in one's own ego [noun] self, ego

(This term, しょうが (shōga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)