虱

Meaning

虱 centers on small parasitic insects that infest bodies or living spaces: lice and similar vermin.

• 虱しらみ

  louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

• 虱潰ししらみつぶし

  very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

• 人虱ひとじらみ

  Pediculus humanus (species of louse that infests humans); body louse; body lice; head louse; head lice

• 床虱とこじらみ

  bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug

• 木虱きじらみ

  psylla (any insect of family Psyllidae); psyllid; jumping plant louse

• 桑木虱くわきじらみ

  mulberry psyllid (Anomoneura mori)

• 着物虱きものじらみ

  body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice

• 粉虱こなじらみ

  whitefly (Aleyrodidae spp.)

• 羽虱はじらみ

  biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse

• 藪虱やぶじらみ

  erect hedge parsley (Torilis japonica); Japanese hedge parsley; upright hedge parsley

• 虱だらけしらみだらけ

  lousy; lice-ridden; covered in lice

• 虱潰しにしらみつぶしに

  one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

• 虱目魚さばひい

  milkfish (Chanos chanos)

• 虱蠅しらみばえ

  louse fly (any fly of family Hippoboscidae)

• 衣虱ころもじらみ

  body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus); body lice

• 頭虱あたまじらみ

  head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis); head lice

• 魚虱うおじらみ

  Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)

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