insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
calls and sounds made by insects
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
insecticide; insect repellent
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
insect catching; bug catching
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
small insect; midge; vermicule
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
insect bite; bug bite; sting
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
butterfly net; net for catching insects
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
(for one's stomach) to rumble
airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)
(for one's stomach) to rumble
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
innocent-looking; looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly; looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
to forebode; to have a presentiment
disliking; having an antipathy to
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid); flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
summer insect; summer insects
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
to be itching to do something
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
kanji "insect" radical at left
springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola)
wood louse; wood lice; slater
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)
shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
children's medicine for nervousness
dobsonfly or stonefly larva
maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
chigger; jigger; harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)
leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae); (arch.) millipede
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
Dalmatian chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium); Dalmatian pyrethrum; Dalmatian pellitory
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
diligent student; drudge; swot
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
ringworm (of the body); tinea corporis
scrub typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
first spring thunderstorm of the year
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) to kill a small bug and save a large one
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) to let a large bug live and kill a small one
incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
euglena (freshwater flagellate)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
insect fighting; bug fighting
stomach pain due to worms
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
insects harmful to pine trees
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) let a large bug live and kill a small one
Protura (order of wingless insects)
Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla); Wilson's blackcap
codling moth larva; any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
children's medicine for nervousness; snack for an empty stomach
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
nymph (immature form of an insect)
mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Xenoturbella (genus of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
Sick Girl (Masters of Horror)
Xenoturbellidae (family of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
xenoturbellan (either of two species of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
mushifuda; stripped hanafuda deck consisting of 40 cards
hunchback; humpback; crookback
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidea); spittlebug
cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
sun spider (any arachnid of order Solifugae); wind scorpion; camel spider; solpugid
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
rhizocephala (parasitic barnacles)
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)
cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
ribbon worm (any worm of phylum Nemertea)
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
Chloeia flava (species of bristle worm)
water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae family)
acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida); false scorpion
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
Japanese giant weevil (Sipalinus gigas)
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)
leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae)
adzuki bean weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis)
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren; blue wren
Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
tongue worm (any worm of phylum Pentastomida)
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
vestimentiferan (any tube worm of order Vestimentifera)
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
arrow worm (any worm of phylum Chaetognatha)
bean weevil (any leaf beetle of subfamily Bruchinae)
bryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa)
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)
rice plant weevil (Echinocnemus squameus)
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica); scorpion fly
true weevil (any weevil of family Curculionidae)
viburnum; Viburnum furcatum
beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae); sand flea; sand hopper
phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius)
chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
proturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)
rice stink-bug (Lagynotomus elongatus)
phoronid (any wormlike animal of phylum Phoronida)
whiteworm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis)
velvet worm (Onychophora)
schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
beard worm (any worm of phylum Pogonophora)
roundnose flounder (Eopsetta grigorjewi)
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)
inocelliid snakefly (any insect of family Inocelliidae)
insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets)