昆

Meaning

昆 centers on a swarm or multitude: descendants as a large group, an elder brother as one among many siblings, and insects as countless tiny creatures. The common thread is a sense of numerousness or collective grouping.

• 昆虫こんちゅう
  N2

  insect; bug

• 昆布こんぶ

  kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

• おぼろ昆布おぼろこんぶ

  shredded tangle of kelp

• かごめ昆布かごめこんぶ

  kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)

• とろろ昆布とろろこんぶ

  shredded kombu

• 利尻昆布りしりこんぶ

  Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)

• 医昆虫学いこんちゅうがく

  medical entomology

• 塩昆布しおこんぶ

  thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried

• 子持昆布こもちこんぶ

  kelp with herring roe (sushi type)

• 後昆こうこん

  grandchildren; posterity

• 日本昆虫学会にっぽんこんちゅうがっかい

  Entomological Society of Japan

• 昆孫こんそん

  sixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild

• 昆布だしこんぶだし

  soup stock made from kombu

• 昆布巻きこぶまき

  type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

• 昆布茶こぶちゃ

  kelp tea; seaweed tea

• 昆弟こんてい

  brothers

• 昆明こんめい

  Kunming (China)

• 昆虫ウイルスこんちゅうウイルス

  insect virus

• 昆虫ホルモンこんちゅうホルモン

  insect hormone (i.e. ecdysone)

• 昆虫学こんちゅうがく

  entomology

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