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パンジー — meaning in English

banshī

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English meaning

  • banshee noun In Irish folklore, a female spirit whose mournful wailing is said to warn a household that a death is coming.
  • pansy noun A small cultivated garden flower with broad, often multicoloured petals.

Senses

パンジー is used for these senses in English:

  • banshee (Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
  • pansy A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

banshee — full definition

  1. noun In Irish folklore, a female spirit whose mournful wailing is said to warn a household that a death is coming.
  2. noun Informally, a loud, shrieking or bad-tempered woman (or, by extension, anyone making a piercing wailing noise).

pansy — full definition

  1. noun A small cultivated garden flower with broad, often multicoloured petals.
  2. noun An informal, often dismissive term for a timid or weak person.

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