くし

See also: くじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くし – see the following entries.

【櫛】J [noun] comb

【串】S [noun] a skewer, spit [noun] any slender object that can pierce other objects, especially: [noun] (Shinto) Short for 玉串 (tamagushi): a branch of a 榊 (sakaki) tree used as a Shinto offering [noun] Short for 幕串 (makugushi): a post used to hang a curtain [noun] a candle's wick [proper noun] a surname [noun] (slang, computing) a proxy server

【駆使】 [noun] good command of, full use of [verb] to make excellent use of, to have a good command of

【齲歯】 [noun] Synonym of 虫歯 (mushiba, “dental caries”)

(This term, くし, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as くし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くし.)