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虻

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あぶ虻アブ蝱あむNounUsually kanaFreq #26297
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horsefly; gadfly

Examples
見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。
More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.
虻蜂あぶはちアブハチNounFreq #165979
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horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

虻蜂取らずあぶはち取らずアブハチ取らず虻蜂とらずあぶはちとらず (虻蜂取らず／あぶはち取らず／虻蜂とらず)アブハチとらず (アブハチ取らず)ExpressionFreq #170500
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Idiomatic expression

attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee

Examples
そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。
Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
めくらあぶ盲虻メクラアブNounUsually kanaFreq #221820
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deerfly (Chrysops suavis)

うしあぶ牛虻ウシアブNounUsually kanaFreq #223699
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Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)

むしひきあぶ虫引虻虫曳虻食虫虻ムシヒキアブNounUsually kanaFreq #296049
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robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)

あかうしあぶ赤牛虻アカウシアブNounUsually kanaFreq #314047
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Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)

つりあぶ吊虻釣虻長吻虻ツリアブNounUsually kana
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bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)

はなあぶ花虻ハナアブNounUsually kana
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hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid

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drone fly (Eristalis tenax)

みずあぶ水虻ミズアブNounUsually kana
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soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)

馬虻うまあぶNoun
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Rare term

horse botfly