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虫
Idiomatic expression
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
insect collecting
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle
Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
Idiomatic expression
one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
Idiomatic expression
one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
Sensitive
hunchback; humpback; crookback
Sensitive; Dated term
rickets
Word usually written using kana alone
aphid; plant louse
Kansai-ben
cockroach
Rare term
Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)
hanger-on; parasite
Archaic
visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; scarab beetle
maggots in faeces (feces)
Word usually written using kana alone
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
Archaic
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica)
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
