虫

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)

pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)

Medicine

dracunculiasis; Guinea worm disease; Medina worm disease

ultra-fine lattice

stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug

schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

rice weevil

good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat

moth larva (oft. used as bait for mountain stream fishing)

alligator clip; crocodile clip

children's medicine for nervousness

Food, cooking

snack for an empty stomach

red wax scale

Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)

herpetology

Proverb

sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one

Colloquial; Pun on かたつむり

someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail

codling moth larva

any moth whose larvae feed on fruit

Idiomatic expression; From the belief that a bug inside one's body is the cause

case of the blues

Giardia lamblia (parasite that causes giardiasis)

Medicine

giardiasis

the amoeba

mothproof (finish)

Medicine

appendicitis