ダンゴムシ

noun

pill bug; woodlouse; roly-poly

Common name for terrestrial isopods that roll into a ball when threatened. In everyday Japanese, ダンゴムシ is the standard term.

• 庭にわの石いしの下したにダンゴムシがたくさんいた。

  There were a lot of pill bugs under the stones in the garden.

• 子こどもがダンゴムシを手てのひらにのせて遊あそんでいる。

  The child is playing with a pill bug on their palm.