Translation guide
The insect that produces silk, especially in its larval (caterpillar) stage. In Japanese, the most common word is カイコ, which refers to the domesticated silkworm raised for silk production.
The common silkworm raised for silk, especially the larva.
The standard word for the domesticated silkworm. Often written in katakana in biological or everyday contexts, but can also be written as 蚕 in kanji.
Other moth larvae that produce silk, such as the Japanese oak silkmoth.
The Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai), a wild silkworm species native to Japan. Its cocoon produces a greenish silk.
カイコは桑の葉を食べます。
Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.
The kanji form of カイコ. Common in written Japanese, especially in traditional or agricultural contexts.
They raise silkworms to produce silk thread.
The cocoon of the Japanese oak silkmoth is green.
The wild ancestor of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mandarina. Sometimes called the wild silkworm.
The wild silkworm is the ancestor of the domesticated silkworm.