虫(むし), むし

mushi

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm

虫歯(むしば), 齲, 齲歯(むしば), むしば, うし

mushiba, ushi

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries

殺虫剤(さっちゅうざい), さっちゅうざい

satchūzai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • insecticide; pesticide

玉虫色(たまむしいろ), たまむしいろ

tamamushiiro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • iridescent
  • equivocal; ambivalent
  • variable meaning; weasel-word; chameleonic interpretation

寄生虫(きせいちゅう), きせいちゅう

kiseichū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • parasite

蝕(むしば)む, 虫(むし), むしばむ

mushibamu

Godan verb with `mu` ending intransitive verb
  • to eat into (e.g. by worms); to spoil; to ruin; to undermine

甲虫(かぶとむし), 兜虫(かぶとちゅう), カブト虫(むし), かぶとむし, カブトむし, カブトムシ

kabutomushi, kabutomushi, kabutomushi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

虫食(むしく)い, 虫(むし), むしくい

mushikui

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • worm-eaten
  • leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus)

苦虫(にがむし), にがむし

nigamushi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug)

油虫(あぶらむし), あぶら虫(むし), あぶらむし, アブラムシ

aburamushi, aburamushi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • aphid; plant louse
  • cockroach
  • Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)
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殺虫(さっちゅう), さっちゅう

satchū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • killing insects or pests

虫垂炎(ちゅうすいえん), ちゅうすいえん

chūsuien

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • appendicitis

虫(むし), むしピン

mushipin

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin

天道虫(てんとうむし), 瓢虫(ひさごちゅう), てんとうむし, テントウムシ

tentōmushi, tentōmushi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ladybug; ladybird

弱虫(よわむし), よわむし

yowamushi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • coward; weakling

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