水虫

みずむし

Meanings

1. Noun athlete's foot
2. water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
3. Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

Kanji

• 水 water. Read as みず.
• 虫 insect. Read as むし.

Example sentences

• 水虫がかゆいのです。
  I have athlete's foot and it's very itchy.
• 水虫がひどいのです。
  I have bad athlete's foot.
• 水虫が兄の悩みの種なんです。
  Athlete's foot is my brother's problem.

Words containing 水虫

• 爪水虫 (つめみずむし) onychomycosis

Word lists

• Medicine

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