ダンゴムシ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

pill bug; woodlouse; roly-poly

usually written using kana alone

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

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.