いらくさ Also written イラクサ, じんま, おいら, 刺草, 蕁麻 Meanings Noun Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle) Example sentences バラのとげで刺されるよりは、いらくさのとげで刺された方がましだ。It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists