蟲
むし
Noun
1.
insect, bug, cricket, moth
2.
worm, roundworm
3.
thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious
4.
nervousness, fretfulness
5.
person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
6.
valve core
7.
mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
word usually written using kana alonehanafuda
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かれはむしがだいきらいで、みるとすぐににげだす。
彼は虫が大嫌いで、見るとすぐに逃げ出す。
He hates bugs and runs away as soon as he sees one.
このしょくぶつはむしをほしょくしてえいようをえる。
この植物は虫を捕食して栄養を得る。
This plant preys on insects to obtain nutrients.
かれはむしのいどころがわるかったのか、いちにちじゅうふきげんだった。
彼は虫の居所が悪かったのか、一日中不機嫌だった。
Perhaps he was in a bad mood (lit. 'his bug's dwelling place was bad'), he was grumpy all day.
むしのしらせか、きゅうにこきょうがこいしくなった。
虫の知らせか、急に故郷が恋しくなった。
Was it a premonition (lit. 'bug's notice'), I suddenly missed my hometown.
Kanji that make up this word
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