The Japanese word for insect is
昆虫
こんちゅう - konchū
Japanese Definition
| insect | |
| 1. 名詞. 昆虫。 |
Translations for insect and their definitions
| 昆虫 | |
| 1. n. an insect (arthropod of class Insecta) |
| 虫 | |
| 1. n. a bug, insect, worm | |
| 2. n. a serpent, snake | |
| 獅子 身中 の 虫 - a serpent in a lion | |
| 3. n. (sense, figurative) a worm (person living for only one thing) | |
| 本の虫 - a bookworm | |
| 4. n. (sense, derogatory) a worm (despicable person) | |
| 泣き虫 - a sobbing worm; a blubberer | |
| 5. n. a temperament (thought which is in the deep in mind) (rfv-sense, ja) | |
| 癇の虫 - a choleric temperament |
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