糸瓜

See also: 丝瓜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸	瓜
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
絲瓜 (kyūjitai)

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 天糸瓜

Noun

糸瓜(へちま) or 糸瓜(ヘチマ) • (hechima) 

1. a sponge gourd; a dishrag gourd; a rag gourd
2. a loofah (dried fibrous interior used as a sponge)
   • 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “[第](だい)[三](さん)[百](びゃく)[三](さん)[十](じゅう)[五](ご)[訓](くん)　[椿](つばき)[派](は)もヴィダルサスーン[派](は)もティモテ[派](は)も[背](せ)[中](なか)を[流](んが)し[合](あ)えば[一](ひと)つ [Lesson 335: Camilla, Vidal Sassoon and Timotei Are All the Same As Long As You Clean Your Back]”, in (deprecated template usage) [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     背(せ)中(なか)の皮(かわ)がはがれてるじゃないか屁(ヘ)怒(ド)絽(ロ)兄(にい)さん

     Senaka no kawa ga hagareteru ja nai ka Hedoro-nī-san

     Did the skin on his back just peel off, big bro Hedoro?

     そんな⁉　お父(とう)さんは釘(くぎ)を打(う)ち込(こ)んだヘチマで身体(からだ)を洗(あら)っていたんだぞ

     Sonna⁉ Otō-san wa kugi o uchikonda hechima de karada o aratteitan da zo

     Really!? Dad used to wash his body with a loofah with nails sticking out of it.