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没食子蜂 (ふしばち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

没ふ食し子ば蜂ち

Meanings

1

noun

gall wasp

rare term

Any insect of the family Cynipidae; a rare term in everyday Japanese, mostly encountered in biological contexts.

没食ふ子し蜂ばちは植しょく物ぶつに虫むしこぶを作つくることで知しられている。
Gall wasps are known for creating galls on plants.

Written forms

没ふ食し子ば蜂ち
Standard kanji spelling for gall wasp; 没食子 refers to oak galls.
五倍子ふし蜂ばち
Alternate kanji spelling using 五倍子 (gallnut); less common than 没食子蜂.

Kanji

五five
倍double, twice, times

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

蜂bee, wasp, hornet

没drown, sink, hide

食eat, food

Similar words

虫むしこぶ
虫こぶ is the gall itself, while 没食子蜂 is the insect that causes it.
蜂はち
蜂 is the general term for wasps and bees; 没食子蜂 specifies the gall wasp family.

Etymology

Compound of 没食子 (gallnut) or 五倍子 (gallnut) and 蜂 (wasp, bee). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the insect's gall-forming behavior.