はららご

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はららご – see the following entry.
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[noun] [from 1578] (uncommon) fish eggs, roe (generally refers to roe removed from the ovary)
[noun] [1578–1920s or 30s] (archaic) (more specifically) salmon roe (generally refers to roe removed from the ovary)
[noun] [1578–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) (by extension) a kind of red bean where the bean seeds catch the light in a manner similar to red grapes or salmon roe
(This term, はららご, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as はららご, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はららご.)
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