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きりぎりす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word きりぎりす

キリギリス
螽斯
螽蟖
蟋蟀
Noun
Freq #90019
1

Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)

2

katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); long-horned grasshopper

Examples
1匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。
A grasshopper and many ants lived in a field.
3

Archaic

cricket

Kanji in this Word

17 strokes

Meanings

grasshopper

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シュウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
いなご
12 strokes
Grade 9

Meanings

this
thus
such
verbal pause

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
こう
か.く
この
これ
ここに
18 strokes

Meanings

moth larva
grasshopper

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
けむし
17 strokes

Meanings

cricket
grasshopper

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シツ
17 strokes

Meanings

cricket
grasshopper

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シュツ
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