虫
むし
Also written 蟲
Meanings
- Noun insect; bug; cricket; moth
- worm; roundworm
- thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious (from a traditional belief of an internal insect) See also: 虫を殺す (むしをころす).
- nervousness; fretfulness See also: 虫気 (むしけ).
- person devoted to one thing; single-minded person See also: 本の虫 (ほんのむし).
- valve core
- mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck) See also: 虫札 (むしふだ).
Kanji
- 虫 insect. Read as むし.
Example sentences
- 熊は岩の下にいる、肥った虫をさがして、石という石をひっくりかえした。
The bear left no stone unturned in his search for fat bugs under the rocks. - この虫は英語で何て言うのですか。
What do you call this insect in English? - 一寸の虫にも五分の魂。
The worm turns. - 意地の悪い魔女が男にとんでもない魔法をかけて、虫に変えてしまった。
The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect. - 悪い魔女は呪文をかけてその男を虫に変えてしまった。
The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
Common phrases
- 虫がいる
- 虫を食べる
- 虫を捕まえる
- 虫が入る
- 虫を捕らえる
- 虫になる
- 虫が湧く
- 虫を集める
- 虫が付く (むしがつく) to become verminous
- 虫を殺す (むしをころす) to control one's temper
Words containing 虫
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