noun
Refers to crickets of the family Gryllidae. In everyday Japanese, the katakana spelling コオロギ is most common.
秋の夜、庭でコオロギが鳴いている。
On an autumn night, crickets are chirping in the garden.
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.
The word is native Japanese. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it is likely mimetic or sound-symbolic in origin, imitating the insect's chirp.