mosquito
Common insect; often appears in compounds like 蚊帳 (かや, mosquito net) or 蚊取り線香 (かとりせんこう, mosquito coil).
Mosquitoes become more common in summer.
My arm itches because a mosquito bit me.
蚊に刺されてかゆい。
I got bitten by a mosquito and it itches.
I heard a mosquito buzzing near my ear, so I swatted it.
On summer nights, lots of mosquitoes are flying around.
虻 (a horsefly) is a large biting fly that troubles livestock, while 蚊 (a mosquito) is much smaller and the more common household pest.
counter for small animals · counter for rolls of cloth · archaic counter for horses · roll of cloth
mosquito net
house mosquito; Culex mosquito
chironomid; non-biting midge
biting midge; no-see-um
mosquito swarm; swarm of mosquitoes
smoky fire to repel mosquitoes
fishing fly
mosquito repellent; mosquito protection
mosquito repellent; mosquito control
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
Katakana spelling occasionally used for emphasis or in scientific contexts.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially in children's materials or when the kanji is not needed.
Native Japanese word. The kanji 蚊 is a phono-semantic compound: 虫 (insect) + 文 (sound component).
mosquito-repelling fire; smudge fire
mosquito repellent device; mosquito fumigator