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    3. 蚕

    蚕

    蚕かいこ

    silkworm (Bombyx mori)

    KMT10News #29+1Ref L2NounAnimalsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    蠶

    かいこカイコ

    Noun

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    silkworm (Bombyx mori)

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    蚕かいこは絹きぬを作つくる虫むしです。

    A silkworm is an insect that makes silk.

    KMT6AnimalsScience & Math
    昔むかしは多おおくの農のう家かで蚕かいこが飼し育いくされていた。

    In the past, many farmers raised silkworms.

    KMT10AnimalsHistoryWork & Career
    蚕かいこの繭まゆから紡つむがれる絹けん糸しは、非ひ常じょうに美うつくしい。

    The silk thread spun from silkworm cocoons is very beautiful.

    KMT10AnimalsArt & DesignScience & Math
    蚕かいこは桑くわの葉はだけを食たべることで知しられている。

    Silkworms are known for eating only mulberry leaves.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    蚕かいこの生せい態たいを研けん究きゅうすることは、生せい物ぶつ学がく的てきに興きょう味み深ぶかい。

    Studying the ecology of silkworms is biologically interesting.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math

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    蚕
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    silkworm
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