蛍

Meaning

蛍 centers on a small glowing insect: a firefly or lightning-bug. The meaning is concrete and specific to this luminous beetle.

• 蛍光けいこう

  fluorescence

• 蛍ほたる
  N1

  firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

• 蛍烏賊ほたるいか

  firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

• 蛍火ほたるび

  glow of a firefly

• 蛍光灯けいこうとう
  N2

  fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light

• 姫蛍ひめぼたる

  Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

• 平家蛍へいけぼたる

  Aquatica lateralis (firefly species)

• 流蛍りゅうけい

  flying firefly

• 海蛍うみほたる

  sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp

• 源氏蛍げんじぼたる

  Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)

• 真空蛍光管しんくうけいこうかん

  vacuum fluorescent tube

• 緑色蛍光タンパク質りょくしょくけいこうタンパクしつ

  green fluorescent protein; GFP

• 蛍の光ほたるのひかり

  Auld Lang Syne

• 蛍光インキけいこうインキ

  fluorescent ink

• 蛍光ペンけいこうペン

  highlighter (pen)

• 蛍光体けいこうたい

  fluorescent substance

• 蛍光塗料けいこうとりょう

  fluorescent paint

• 蛍光増白剤けいこうぞうはくざい

  fluorescent whitening agent; fluorescent brightener; fluorescent bleach

• 蛍光板けいこうばん

  fluorescent screen

• 蛍光染料けいこうせんりょう

  fluorescent dye

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