虫

Meaning

虫 centers on small crawling or creeping creatures: insects and bugs. The temper sense is a figurative extension, likening a person's irritable mood to a bug that bothers them.

• 虫むし
  N4

  insect; bug; cricket; moth

• 昆虫こんちゅう
  N2

  insect; bug

• 寄生虫きせいちゅう

  parasite

• 害虫がいちゅう
  N1

  harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin

• 虫歯むしば
  N3

  tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental cavity; dental caries

• 幼虫ようちゅう

  larva; grub; maggot

• 弱虫よわむし
  N1

  coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

• 爬虫類はちゅうるい

  reptiles

• 殺虫さっちゅう

  killing insects or pests

• 甲虫かぶとむし

  rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

• 泣き虫なきむし

  crybaby; blubberer

• 毛虫けむし

  hairy caterpillar; woolly bear

• 成虫せいちゅう

  imago; adult (insect)

• 芋虫いもむし

  hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

• 水虫みずむし

  athlete's foot

• 甲虫こうちゅう

  beetle

• 虫けらむしけら

  worm; insect

• 虫除けむしよけ

  insecticide; insect repellent

• 虫食いむしくい

  worm-eaten; moth-eaten

• 熊虫くまむし

  tardigrade; water bear

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