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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

棘

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush has a thorn on its stem, so be careful when you pick the flowers. "

バラの茂みは茎に棘があるので、花を摘むときは注意してください。

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noun

棘

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

鶏冠棘

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noun

棘, 悩み, 厄介なもの

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"The constant arguing between siblings was a thorn in their mother's side. "

兄弟間の絶え間ない口論は、母親にとって厄介なものでした。

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noun

文字 Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The student struggled to decipher the Old English text, noticing the unfamiliar thorn letter. "

学生は、見慣れない文字Þに気づき、古英語のテキストを解読するのに苦労した。

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verb

刺す, 突き刺す

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The sharp twig thorned my finger, making it bleed. "

鋭い小枝が私の指を突き刺し、出血させました。

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