蝉

せみ

Also written セミ, 蟬, せび

Meanings

1. Noun cicada; locust
2. small-sized pulley

Kanji

• 蝉 cicada. Read as せみ.

Example sentences

• セミが鳴いている。
  Cicadas are singing.
• 閑さや岩に染み入る蝉の声
  Quietness! The cicada song soaks into the rocks.

Common phrases

• セミが鳴く

Words containing 蝉

• 空蝉 (うつせみ) this fleeting world
• 夏蝉 (なつぜみ) summer cicadas
• 蝉時雨 (せみしぐれ) outburst of cicadas singing

And 10 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists