noun
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).
夏になると蚊が多くなる。
Mosquitoes become more common in summer.
蚊に刺されてかゆい。
I got bitten by a mosquito and it itches.
Native Japanese word. The kanji 蚊 is a phono-semantic compound: 虫 (insect) + 文 (sound component).