hunchback; humpback; crookback
① コウチュウ目コガネムシ科カブトムシ亜科の昆虫の総称。② コウチュウ目コガネムシ科カブトムシ亜科に属する昆虫で、日本産カブトムシの通称。
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
① ミノガ科に属する蛾の幼虫。特に大蓑蛾の幼虫を指す。葉や小枝を糸で綴った、蓑のような巣を作る。雌は成虫になっても蓑の中に住む。鬼の子。秋の季語。
bed bug (Cimex lectularius); bedbug
① 蝶や蛾の幼虫で、棘や毛で覆われているものの俗称。夏の季語。② 嫌われ者の喩え。
wood louse; wood lice; slater
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
① 虫が食うこと。虫に食われたものや虫に食われたあと。② 白磁の皿や鉢などの縁に見られる小さな釉が剝落したあと。③ 老い鶯。残鶯。④ スズメ目ウグイス科ムシクイ類に属する鳥の総称。
① バッタ目コオロギ科の昆虫の一種。体長は17〜25mm、体色は黒褐色で一部が白い。リーンリーンと鳴く。② まつむしの古称。
① 蝶、蛾の幼虫で長毛がなく体が緑色のものの総称。② あおごかいの別称。
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
① バッタ目キリギリス科の昆虫。体色は緑色または褐色で、翅は幅広い。雄はガチャガチャと鳴く。
① 小さい物を見るためのレンズがはめ込まれた道具。② 俗に、序の口の力士。
① 【マツムシ、松虫】バッタ目コオロギ科の昆虫の一種。体長は19〜33mm、体色は淡褐色。チンチロリンと清澄な鳴き声を聞かせる。② すずむしの古称。
caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
dobsonfly or stonefly larva
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
calls and sounds made by insects
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
① 小さい物を見るためのレンズがはめ込まれた道具。② 俗に、序の口の力士。
insect catching; bug catching
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
insect bite; bug bite; sting
small insect; midge; vermicule
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
to forebode; to have a presentiment
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
ringworm (of the body); tinea corporis
diligent student; drudge; swot
① コウチュウ目コガネムシ科カブトムシ亜科の昆虫の総称。② コウチュウ目コガネムシ科カブトムシ亜科に属する昆虫で、日本産カブトムシの通称。
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
insecticide; insect repellent
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
① 良くない出来事が起こりそうであると感じること。
① 足白癬の俗称。② カメムシ目ミズムシ科に属する水生昆虫の総称。学名:Corixidae。③ ワラジムシ目ミズムシ亜ミズムシ科ミズムシ属に属する甲殻類の一種。学名:Asellus hilgendorfi
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
① コウチュウ目タマムシ科の甲虫の総称。学名:Buprestidae。夏の季語。② 語義1のうち、やまとたまむしの別称。③ 「玉虫色」の略。
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
① カメムシ目カメムシ亜目に属するカメムシ科などの陸生昆虫の総称。
① カメムシ目カメムシ亜目に属するカメムシ科などの陸生昆虫の総称。
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
① 雪国において晩秋から初冬ごろにかけて発生する綿虫の俗称。② 雪国の早春の積雪上で活動するとびむし、せっけいかわげら、ゆきががんぼなどの種々の昆虫の俗称。
① 内服して寄生虫を殺虫したり体外へ排出する薬。駆虫剤。駆虫薬。
summer insect; summer insects
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
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
① コウチュウ目ハムシ科に属する甲虫の総称。学名:Chrysomelidae。
to be itching to do something
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
euglena (freshwater flagellate)
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
① カメムシ目カイガラムシ上科に属する昆虫の総称。学名:Coccoidea。
springtail (wingless insect of the order Collembola)
any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)
① 甲虫目コメツキムシ科に属する甲虫の総称。学名:Elateridae。
moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)
harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
① 甲虫目カツオブシ科に属する甲虫の総称。学名:Dermestidae。
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
① コウチュウ目オサムシ科オサムシ亜科に属する甲虫の総称
rhizocephala (parasitic barnacles)
① チョウ目ヤガ科またはコウチュウ目コガネムシ科の幼虫の内、土中にいて農作物、花、苗木などの作物の根際をかみ切る害虫の総称。蕪夜蛾、甘藍夜蛾などの夜蛾、すじこがね、こふきこがねなどのこがねむしの幼虫。地虫。
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
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
incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.
cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)
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
① 捕まえると異臭を放つ虫。特にごみむし。別名、へっぴりむし。へこきむし。
Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela)
first spring thunderstorm of the year
stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); stink bug
bur (prickly seeds or seedheads that stick to fur and clothes); burr
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
① 節足動物門鋏角亜門クモ綱カニムシ目に属する蜘蛛形類の総称。学名:Pseudoscorpionida。
acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis); stink bug
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
children's medicine for nervousness; snack for an empty stomach
velvet worm (Onychophora)
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)
schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)
inocelliid snakefly (any insect of family Inocelliidae)
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
Protura (order of wingless insects)
proturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)
xenoturbellan (either of two species of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
ghost walker (beetle) (Mormolyce phyllodes); violin beetle
mushifuda; stripped hanafuda deck consisting of 40 cards
Sick Girl (Masters of Horror)
insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets)