Kanji
Readingせみ
Frequency51%
Used in (11 in total)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
cicadas that sing when autumn comes; cicadas that sing even in autumn
empty vessels make the most noise; (lit.) the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
sixth lunar month
laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)
Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)