虫
虫

insect, bug, temper

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Common Words

虫むし蟲NounFreq #2216
1

insect; bug; cricket; moth

Examples
彼女は虫が大嫌いだ。
She has a strong dislike of insects.
2

worm; roundworm

Examples
鳥は虫を探していた。
The bird was looking for worms.
3

From a traditional belief of an internal insect

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

Examples
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。
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.
4

nervousness; fretfulness

5

person devoted to one thing; single-minded person

6

valve core

7

Word usually written using kana alone; Hanafuda

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

蝕むむしばむ虫食むIntransitiveTransitiveGodan verbFreq #10949
1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms

2

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

Examples
彼の名誉は貪欲によってむしばまれた。
His honor was corroded by greed.
昆虫こんちゅうNoun～の Adj.Freq #11437
1

insect; bug

Examples
趣味は昆虫を集めることです。
My hobby is collecting insects.
泣き虫泣虫なきむしNounFreq #15010
1

crybaby; blubberer

Examples
彼は相変わらず泣き虫だ。
He's a crybaby, just like always.
虫けら虫ケラむしけら虫螻NounFreq #19209
1

worm; insect

2

Derogatory

insignificant person; pathetic person

弱虫よわむしNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #20115
1

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

Examples
彼は弱虫扱いをされておこった。
He resented being called a coward.
いもむし芋虫イモムシNounUsually kanaFreq #20747
1

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

Examples
この芋虫がきれいな蝶になるのだ。
This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.
羽虫はむしNounFreq #21075
1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)

2

Colloquial

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

爬虫類はちゅうるいNounFreq #21524
1

reptiles

Examples
爬虫類が大嫌い。
I can't stand reptiles.
害虫がいちゅうNounFreq #22109
1

harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin

Examples
残飯の屑は害虫の住処になる。
Garbage harbors vermin.
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