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noun
1.
Jakarta(usually kana)(former name)
noun, noun (prefix)
2.
Java(usually kana)(used for Javanese items imported by Dutch traders during the Edo period)
noun
3.
potato (Solanum tuberosum)(abbreviation, usually kana)
4.
striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk)(abbreviation, usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

へびなわ
hebinikamaretekuchinawaniojiru
expression
once bitten twice shy, to become over cautious from a bad experience, to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
Other readings:
蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】

ゆう
yoyuuwokamasu
expression, Godan-su verb
to feign composure, to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare(colloquialism)
Other readings:
余裕を噛ます【よゆうをかます】
余裕を咬ます【よゆうをかます】