insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
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
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
calls and sounds made by insects
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
insecticide; insect repellent
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
insecticide; insect repellent
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
insect catching; bug catching
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
pest extermination; pest control
small insect; midge; vermicule
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
insect bite; bug bite; sting
butterfly net; net for catching insects
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
(for one's stomach) to rumble
(for one's stomach) to rumble
airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
disliking; having an antipathy to
innocent-looking; looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly; looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth
to forebode; to have a presentiment
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
protection from insects; insect repellence
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
insect bite; bug bite; sting
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
(insect) pest; insect carrying disease germs; insect causing damage to crops
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
entomophagy; insect eating
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
to be itching to do something
summer insect; summer insects
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
insect catching; bug catching
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)
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
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
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
insect net; butterfly net
(crop) damage from disease and harmful insects
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
entomology; study of insects
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
kanji "insect" radical at left
parasitic disease; vermination
blood fluke (any fluke of family Schistosomatidae); schistosome
malaria-causing protozoan (i.e. plasmodium)
insect egg; insect eggs; parasite egg; parasite eggs
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
wood louse; wood lice; slater
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
insect radical; worm radical
hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis)
pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis); threadworm
springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola)
moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
appendectomy; appendisectomy; appendicectomy
Dalmatian chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium); Dalmatian pyrethrum; Dalmatian pellitory
pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis); threadworm
Wuchereria bancrofti (species of filaria)
beetles; coleopterans; coleoptera
shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
exterminating insects; pest control; deinsectization
foraminifer; foraminiferan
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
parasitology; helminthology
harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)
leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
chigger; jigger; harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)
New World hookworm (Necator americanus)
Dalmatian chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium); Dalmatian pyrethrum; Dalmatian pellitory
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
insecticide; bug repellent
children's medicine for nervousness
Trichinella spiralis; pork worm
pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis); threadworm
Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
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 body); tinea corporis
cysticercosis; measles (in cattle, etc.)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae); (arch.) millipede
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
light trap; electric insect killer; bug zapper
dobsonfly or stonefly larva
seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
hookworm disease; ancylostomiasis; ankylostomiasis; uncinariasis
euglena (freshwater flagellate)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
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
ascariasis; roundworm disease
diligent student; drudge; swot
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
Insecta (class comprising the insects)
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
parasitosis; parasitic disease; vermination; helminthiasis
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
first spring thunderstorm of the year
vermiform process; vermiform appendix
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
scrub typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
pork tapeworm (Taenia solium)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
anthelmintic; vermifuge; vermicide; insect repellent
incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
ranchu; variety of goldfish
hunchback; humpback; crookback
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei)
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)
flagellate; mastigophoran
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae); (arch.) millipede
any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
stomach pain due to worms
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
insect fighting; bug fighting
dracunculiasis; Guinea worm disease; Medina worm disease
carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax
froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidea); spittlebug
aphid; plant louse; plant lice
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
flagellates; mastigophorans
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
plant hopper (any insect of family Delphacidae); leafhopper
seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
assassin bug (any insect of family Reduviidae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle)
springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola)
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
smaller longheaded locust (Atractomorpha lata)
sun spider (any arachnid of order Solifugae); wind scorpion; camel spider; solpugid
sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus); saw stag beetle
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
locust swarming; locust swarm; (swarming) locusts
rhizocephala (parasitic barnacles)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)
cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae); 28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
ribbon worm (any worm of phylum Nemertea)
gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); Halloween beetle; harlequin ladybird
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
groundhopper (esp. species Tetrix japonica)
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
insects harmful to pine trees
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
Chloeia flava (species of bristle worm)
Coleoptera (the order of insects containing beetles)
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida); false scorpion
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae family)
tree wax; insect wax; Chinese wax
acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
Giardia lamblia; protozoan parasite of the small intestine that causes giardiasis
insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets)
children's medicine for nervousness; snack for an empty stomach
Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis); Oriental liver fluke
echinococcosis; hydatid disease
male Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea); Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust)
nymph (immature form of an insect)
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
insect hormone (i.e. ecdysone)
thorny-headed worm (any parasitic worm of phylum Acanthocephala)
nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)
apterygotes (wingless insects)
apterygote (wingless insect)
pterygotes (winged insects)
pterygote (winged insect)
Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani)
schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)
Protura (order of wingless insects)
electric bug killer; insectocutor; insect-o-cutor
xenoturbellan (either of two species of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
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
mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)
sheep tapeworm (Moniezia expansa)
adult and larval stages (e.g. of an insect)
insectivorous; entomophagous
trichinosis; trichinelliasis; trichinella infection
acanthocephalans; thorny-headed worms
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
Choanoflagellatea (class of flagellate eukaryotes closely related to animals)
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
Xenoturbella (genus of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Xenoturbellidae (family of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Anthozoa (class of cnidarians)
codling moth larva; any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
codling moth larva; any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla); Wilson's blackcap
mushifuda; stripped hanafuda deck consisting of 40 cards
pinworm infection; enterobiasis
pinworm infection; enterobiasis
Guinea worm disease; dracunculiasis
Sick Girl (Masters of Horror)
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
velvet worm (Onychophora)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae)
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
adzuki bean weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis)
sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius)
rice plant weevil (Echinocnemus squameus)
rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)
chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
bean weevil (any leaf beetle of subfamily Bruchinae)
Japanese giant weevil (Sipalinus gigas)
true weevil (any weevil of family Curculionidae)
eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
old world hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale)
beach flea (any amphipod of family Talitridae); sand flea; sand hopper
garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica); scorpion fly
schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)
inocelliid snakefly (any insect of family Inocelliidae)
bryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa)
phoronid (any wormlike animal of phylum Phoronida)
tongue worm (any worm of phylum Pentastomida)
beard worm (any worm of phylum Pogonophora)
vestimentiferan (any tube worm of order Vestimentifera)
arrow worm (any worm of phylum Chaetognatha)
viburnum; Viburnum furcatum
proturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)
roundnose flounder (Eopsetta grigorjewi)
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)
finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum); cucumber tapeworm; double-pore tapeworm
Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren; blue wren
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
whiteworm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis)
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
rice stink-bug (Lagynotomus elongatus)
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
assassin bug (Velinus nodipes)
wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)