蛍 – Vocabulary details

蛍ほたる

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

firefly

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たる

fluorite; fluorspar

smokers forced to smoke outside; (lit.) firefly tribe

firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp

Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)

たくさんの蛍ほたるがいたよ。

There were lots of fireflies.

洞どう窟くつは蛍ほたるでいっぱいだ。

The cave is full of fireflies.

蛍ほたるを見みたことある？

Have you ever even seen a firefly?

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