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虫の息むしのいきExpressionsdying breath; at death's door
腹の虫はらのむしExpressionsroundworm; intestinal worm · inner feelings; mood-influencing emotions · stomach growling; hunger pangs
一寸の虫にも五分の魂いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいExpressionseven a tiny bug will defend itself; tread on a worm and it will turn
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺すだいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころすExpressionssacrifice a small thing to save a greater one; lose a leg to save one's life
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺せだいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころせExpressionssacrifice a small thing to save a great one; lose a leg to save one's life
小の虫を殺して大の虫を助けるしょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるExpressionssacrifice a small thing to save a greater one; lose a leg to save one's life
小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かすしょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかすExpressionssacrifice a small thing to save a great one; lose a leg to save one's life
本の虫ほんのむしExpressionsbookworm; bibliophile
獅子身中の虫しししんちゅうのむしExpressionssnake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
腹の虫がおさまらないはらのむしがおさまらないExpressionscannot contain one's anger; can't calm down
腹の虫が鳴くはらのむしがなくExpressionsone's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
腹の虫が鳴るはらのむしがなるExpressionsstomach rumbles; stomach growls
蓼食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずきExpressionsthere's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste; some prefer nettles
ふさぎの虫ふさぎのむしExpressionsthe blues; a fit of depression
虫がいいむしがいいN1Expressionsselfish; presumptuous; asking too much
虫のいいむしのいいExpressionsselfish; self-serving; conveniently self-centered
虫が付くむしがつくExpressionsbecome infested with insects; get worms · fall in with bad company; get a bad lover
虫唾が走るむしずがはしるExpressionsto be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
虫が好かないむしがすかないN1Expressionsdislike instinctively; have an antipathy to
虫の居所が悪いむしのいどころがわるいN2Expressionsirritable; in a bad mood; cranky
虫を殺すむしをころすExpressionscontrol one's temper; suppress one's anger
虫も殺さぬむしもころさぬExpressionsinnocent-looking; wouldn't hurt a fly
虫の知らせむしのしらせExpressionsgut feeling; premonition; feeling in one's bones
虫が知らせるむしがしらせるExpressionshave a hunch; forebode; feel in one's bones
虫に障るむしにさわるExpressionshave a stomach ache · get on one's nerves; cause offense
虫の音むしのねExpressionschirping of insects; insect sounds
虫が騒ぐむしがさわぐExpressionsbe itching to do something; have an urge to do something
飛んで火に入る夏の虫とんでひにいるなつのむしExpressionsrushing to one's doom; like a moth flying into the flame