Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうが – see the following entries.
生姜
[noun] ginger, Zingiber officinale
Alternative spellings
ショウガ, 生薑,
小我
[noun] (Buddhism) an unenlightened person; one invested in one's own ego
[noun] self, ego
(This term, しょうが, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)