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JLPT N1 · Noun

とげ (toge)

とげ is a Japanese noun meaning “thorn; spine”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とげ
Romaji
toge
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. thorn; spine; prickle · noun
  2. splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone) · noun
  3. biting words · noun

Example sentences

どのバラにもとげがあるように人生には悲しみがある。
Life has its sorrows, as every rose has its thorns.
Tatoeba #200380
この指に刺がささって取れません。
I can't get this splinter out of my finger.
Tatoeba #221745
彼の言葉にはとげがあった。
There was a bite in his remark.
Tatoeba #117525

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1598710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.