虫、蟲
むし
mushi
JMdict entry #1426680
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) insect; bug; cricket; moth
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) worm; roundworm
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious
see: 虫を殺す
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
nervousness; fretfulness
see: 虫気
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
person devoted to one thing; single-minded person
see: 本の虫
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) valve core
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
hanafuda
word usually written using kana alone
mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
see: 虫札
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は相変わらず泣き虫だ。
kare ha ai kawara zu nakimushi da 。
He's a crybaby, just like always.
彼は昆虫採集に興味を持っている。
kare ha konchuu saishuu ni kyoumi wo moxtsu te iru 。
He has an interest in collecting insects.
彼は確かにハンサムで頭もいいかもしれないけど、どこか虫の好かないところがあるの。
kare ha tashika ni hansamu de atama mo ii ka mo shire nai kedo 、 doko ka mushi no suka nai tokoro ga aru no 。
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.
彼は花壇の昆虫を見るためにかがみこんだ。
kare ha kadan no konchuu wo miru tame ni kagamikon da 。
He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.
彼はいわゆる本の虫だ。
kare ha iwayuru hon no mushi da 。
He is what is called a bookworm.
彼は、いわば、本の虫だ。
kare ha 、 iwaba 、 hon no mushi da 。
He is, so to speak, a bookworm.