The Japanese word for caterpillar is
毛虫
けむし - kemushi
Japanese Definition
| caterpillar | |
| 1. 名詞. 毛虫、芋虫 | |
| 2. 名詞. キャタピラ、無限軌道 |
Translations for caterpillar and their definitions
| 毛虫 | |
| 1. n. a hairy caterpillar |
| 芋虫 | |
| 1. n. (from 1603) a hairless caterpillar | |
| 2. n. (from 1690) (metaphor) an angry person q, from the way that a person may puff up when angry and go red and swollen in the face, similar to the defense behaviors of some caterpillars | |
| 3. n. (from 1749) (metaphor pejorative) a dummy; (a term used to ridicule a person) | |
| 4. n. (from 1830s) a children's song and game, played by everyone squatting and holding onto the waist or shoulders of the person in front, and the whole group trying to move like a caterpillar | |
| (synonyms, ja, 芋虫ころころ, tr1=imomushi korokoro, 芋虫ごろごろ, tr2=imomushi gorogoro) | |
| 5. n. a kind of traditional toy made to look and move like a caterpillar | |
| (synonyms, ja, 俵転ばし, tr1=tawara korobashi, 俵返り, tr2=kawaga-gaeri) | |
| 6. n. Usage: As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as イモムシ |
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