insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
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; feelings that influence one's mood; stomach growling
tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental cavity; dental caries
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
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 japonica); (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)
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
insect catching; bug catching
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
small insect; midge; vermicule
butterfly net; net for catching insects
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle; Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
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
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica)
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)
stomach acid that flows backwards into the mouth (due to acid reflux)
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
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)
disliking; having an antipathy to
to forebode; to have a presentiment
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)
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
summer insect; summer insects
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
to be itching to do something
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
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
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
eunicid worm (Marphysa sanguinea); lugworm (Arenicola brasiliensis); black-colored insect (e.g. stag beetles)
toilet insect; insects that frequent toilets
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
moth larva (oft. used as bait for mountain stream fishing)
kanji "insect" radical at left
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola)
wood louse; wood lice; slater
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
alligator clip; crocodile clip
moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence; to cause offense
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
snack for an empty stomach; something to tide one over
insects harmful to pine trees
window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)
incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.
long-horned beetle; longicorn; beetle of the cerambycidae family
maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
dobsonfly or stonefly larva
chigger; jigger; harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)
leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae); (arch.) millipede
children's medicine for nervousness
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
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 okudai); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
scrub typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
ringworm (of the body); tinea corporis
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
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
shield bug; stink bug; pentatomid
euglena (freshwater flagellate)
any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
rice weevil; good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat
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
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
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
onychomycosis; tinea unguium
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
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)
Scyphozoa; true jellyfish
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; rickets
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
leaf folder (caterpillar)
froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidae); spittlebug
cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus)
sun spider (any arachnid of order Solifugae); wind scorpion; camel spider; solpugid
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
green tree cricket (Truljalia hibinonis)
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)
hister beetle (Hister jekeli); clown beetle
common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
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)
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida); false scorpion
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)
violin beetle (Mormolyce phyllodes); ghost walker
Trichoplax adhaerens (species of placozoan)
brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys)
garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
vestimentiferan (any tube worm of order Vestimentifera)
tongue worm (any worm of phylum Pentastomida)
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
arrow worm (any worm of phylum Chaetognatha)
bean weevil (any leaf beetle of subfamily Bruchinae)
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
bryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa)
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)
rice plant weevil (Echinocnemus squameus)
sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata)
violin beetle (Mormolyce phyllodes); ghost walker
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
larva of the pine moth (Dendrolimus spectabilis)
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)
beard worm (any worm of phylum Pogonophora)
schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
roundnose flounder (Eopsetta grigorjewi)
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)
inocelliid snakefly (any insect of family Inocelliidae)
Riptortus pedestris (species of broad-headed bug)
insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets)