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Keyword
insect
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig556
Old form蟲
Readings
むし
(82%)
Composed of
口
mouth
厶
arm of a bodybuilder
Mnemonic

A pictograph of an arm of a bodybuilder being bitten by an insect.

Used in kanji (135 in total)
強
strong
風
wind
触
touch
騒
make noise
131 more...
Used in vocabulary (613 in total)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
insect; bug
crybaby; blubberer
610 more...
Examples (78 in total)
There are insects everywhere.
If you open the window, bugs will come in.
Are you afraid of bugs?
Insects are attracted to light.
The bird was looking for worms.
Which bug hurt you?
The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
Do those insects sting?
I was bitten by a lot of insects in the forest.
The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.
She hates insects.
Professor Kay has been studying insects for forty years.
I'm into collecting insects.
Have you ever eaten insects?
Thanks to this book, I learned some interesting facts about this insect.
I am interested in the study of insects.
What do you call this insect in English?
My hobby is collecting insects.
Even worms are bought for medical research.
Bob derives pleasure from observing insects.
The early bird catches the worm.
Birds are natural enemies of insects.
Mosquitoes are insects.
Cockroaches are insects.
It's a well-known fact that spiders aren't insects.
Are spiders insects?
Tom is very good at catching bugs.
They are nature's laboratory for all kinds of plant, animal and insect life.
Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.
Insects are everywhere.
This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.
I hate reptiles.
Flies are insects.
Are butterflies insects?
One day this caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly.
Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
You're all cowards.
Tom is a coward.
We hired a company to get rid of the insects under our house.
"I'm too old to be playing with bugs," said the boy.
These insects are widely distributed throughout Japan.
I have a lot of cavities now.
She has a decayed tooth.
A mother must protect her child's teeth from decay.
The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
The dentist pulled out my decayed tooth by force.
The dentist took out my cavity.
Spiders prey on flies and other small insects.
There are plants that repel insects.
I love the outdoors, but I hate bugs.
The Japanese enjoy the songs of birds and insects.
I can hear the chirping of insects.
This will keep bugs off.
This is insecticide.
In summer it eats birds' eggs, wasps' larvae, berries and honey.
It takes two years for the butterfly to mature.
My athlete's foot hurts.
There are many things that harm young saplings, such as insects, car exhaust, and typhoons.
Fabre wrote books about insects.
Iguanas are reptiles.
Do you have any bug spray?
Tom is in a bad mood today.
Today, I'm in a bad mood.
Tom is a bookworm.
Mary is a bookworm.
You're a bookworm.
He is, so to speak, a bookworm.
He is what is called a bookworm.
He is what you might call a bookworm.
She is what we call a bookworm.
He must be a bookworm to read ten books every day.
"How did it go?" "They said it was acute appendicitis."
He has an interest in collecting insects.
My pastime is collecting insects.
I had my decayed tooth removed.
Will you lend me the books by Osame Tezuka for about a week?
I captured butterflies with a net.
Insecticides are agricultural chemicals that exterminate insects harmful to plants.