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《とんぼ》蜻蛉《とんぼう》トンボ蜻蜓蜻蜒NounUsually kanaFreq #39453
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dragonfly

Examples
クモはそこで、チョウとかトンボといった小さな昆虫が罠にかかるのを待つ。
There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.
とんぼ返りトンボ返りとんぼがえりトンボ帰りとんぼ帰り蜻蛉返りNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #43453
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somersault

Examples
彼はトンボ返りをした。
He turned a somersault.
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returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; round trip without an overnight stop

Examples
仙台へ行ってとんぼ返りで戻ってきました。
I went to Sendai and back without resting.
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abrupt change of direction

竹とんぼ竹蜻蛉たけとんぼNounFreq #72141
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small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

尻切れトンボ尻切れ蜻蛉尻切れとんぼしりきれトンボ (尻切れトンボ)しりきれとんぼ (尻切れ蜻蛉／尻切れとんぼ)NounFreq #86080
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leaving unfinished; unfinished ending

赤とんぼあかとんぼ赤蜻蛉NounFreq #94264
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(small) red dragonfly

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darter (any dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens); meadowhawk

蚊トンボ蚊蜻蛉かトンボ (蚊トンボ)かとんぼ (蚊蜻蛉)NounFreq #107026
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crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)

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Derogatory

a tall, gangly person; string bean

《かげろう》蜉蝣蜻蛉カゲロウNounUsually kanaFreq #129734
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mayfly

2

ephemerality (of life)

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Archaic

dragonfly

とんぼ玉トンボ玉蜻蛉玉とんぼだま (とんぼ玉／蜻蛉玉)トンボだま (トンボ玉)NounFreq #147933
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glass bead

くさかげろう草蜉蝣草蜻蛉クサカゲロウNounUsually kanaFreq #179162
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green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)

はぐろとんぼ羽黒蜻蛉鉄漿蜻蛉ハグロトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #186631
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Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

いととんぼ糸とんぼ糸蜻蛉豆娘イトトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #195085
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damselfly (Zygoptera spp.); demoiselle

極楽とんぼ極楽トンボ極楽蜻蛉ごくらくとんぼNoun四字熟語Freq #202442
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happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante

おはぐろとんぼ御歯黒蜻蛉鉄漿蜻蛉オハグロトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #214753
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Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

へびとんぼ蛇蜻蛉ヘビトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #239646
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dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)

むかしとんぼ昔蜻蛉ムカシトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #245386
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Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

かわとんぼ川蜻蛉河蜻蛉カワトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #294718
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broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

しおからとんぼ塩辛蜻蛉シオカラトンボNounUsually kanaFreq #301620
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Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)

みずとんぼ水蜻蛉ミズトンボNounUsually kana
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Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

つのとんぼ角蜻蛉ツノトンボNounUsually kana
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owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae); owl fly

きとんぼ黄蜻蛉キトンボNounUsually kana
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yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum) (dragonfly species of East Asia)

麦藁蜻蛉むぎわらとんぼNoun
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dragonfly

べにいととんぼ紅糸蜻蛉ベニイトトンボNounUsually kana
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Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)

いよとんぼ伊予蜻蛉イヨトンボNounUsually kana
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whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

ひぬまいととんぼ涸沼糸蜻蛉ヒヌマイトトンボNounUsually kana
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Mortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)

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