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    3. 虫

    虫

    虫むし

    insect

    N4KMT6News #6+1CoreNounAnimalsKanji Vocab6 strokes

    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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    夏なつにはたくさんの虫むしがいます。

    There are many insects in summer.

    KMT3AnimalsNature & Environment
    彼かれは虫むしが大だい嫌きらいで、見みるとすぐに逃にげ出だす。

    He hates bugs and runs away as soon as he sees one.

    KMT6AnimalsEmotions & Psychology
    この植しょく物ぶつは虫むしを捕ほ食しょくして栄えい養ようを得える。

    This plant preys on insects to obtain nutrients.

    KMT6AnimalsNature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    彼かれは虫むしの居い所どころが悪わるかったのか、一いち日に中ちじゅ不うふ機き嫌げんだった。

    Perhaps he was in a bad mood (lit. 'his bug's dwelling place was bad'), he was grumpy all day.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    虫むしの知しらせか、急きゅうに故こ郷きょうが恋こいしくなった。

    Was it a premonition (lit. 'bug's notice'), I suddenly missed my hometown.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    虫
    むし…(3)
    insect・bug・temper
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