Lingaku虫【むし】
Frequency rank: 2,383.
- insect; bug; cricket; moth
- worm; roundworm
- (one's) unconscious; thing inside one's body that stirs one's feelings and thoughtssee also 虫を殺す
- nervousness; fretfulnesssee also 虫気
- person devoted to one thing; single-minded personsee also 本の虫
- valve core
- mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)hanafudaword usually written using kana alonesee also 虫札
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- insect; bug; cricket; moth
- worm; roundworm
- (one's) unconscious; thing inside one's body that stirs one's feelings and thoughts
- nervousness; fretfulness
- person devoted to one thing; single-minded person
- valve core
- mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
This meaning refers to any small arthropod, typically with six legs, including common insects and some related creatures like moths and crickets.
This meaning indicates a type of elongated, soft-bodied invertebrate, often found in soil or as parasites.
Here, it refers to deeper emotional or psychological states, often connected to one's unconscious mind.
This meaning conveys a sense of anxiety or restlessness, often felt in stressful situations.
This meaning describes someone who is intensely focused or obsessed with a particular pursuit or task.
That athlete is dedicated to victory like a bug.
In this context, it refers to a specific component in mechanical systems, often related to valves in machinery.
This meaning pertains to a specific game that is played with a modified deck of cards, often involving bluffing or strategic play.
Generated collocations (experimental)
むし虫がいるthere is a bugむし虫をつかまえる捕まえるto catch an insectむしのこえ虫の声sound of insects (chirping)むしのしらせ虫の知らせpremonition; intuitionむし虫がすかない好かないto have a dislike for someone/somethingむしば虫歯tooth decay; cavityむしくい虫食いworm-eaten; eaten by insectsむし虫すき好きbug lover; insect enthusiastむし虫のようにいきる生きるto live like a bug (humble life)むし虫がなく鳴くinsects chirpむし虫をかう飼うto keep insects (as pets)むし虫にちゅうい注意するto be cautious of bugsむし虫をみつける見つけるto find a bugむし虫のせかい世界the world of insectsむし虫にさされる刺されるto be bitten by an insect
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Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
"I'm too old to be playing with bugs," said the boy.
He must be a bookworm to read ten books every day.
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.
You say he is a workaholic, but you know there are some people who feel happiest when they're working.
Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.