みょうが

See also: ミョウガ

Japanese

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

【冥加】 [noun] divine protection [noun] a blessing, something fortuitous

【茗荷】 [noun] myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking [noun] a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person (from a folk belief that excess consumption of myoga causes forgetfulness) [noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) Alternative spellings 蘘荷, ミョウガ

【明日ぬくい】 [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings あけひ, ぬくひ, あけび

(This term, みょうが (myōga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)