insect; bug; cricket; moth

worm; roundworm

From a traditional belief of an internal insect

thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious

nervousness; fretfulness

person devoted to one thing; single-minded person

valve core

Word usually written using kana alone; Hanafuda

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms

to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy

insect; bug

crybaby; blubberer

worm; insect

Derogatory

insignificant person; pathetic person

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)

Colloquial

small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

reptiles

harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin