虻蜂 | Japanese meaning

虻蜂【あぶはち】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

horsefly and bee; horsefly and waspsee also 虻蜂取らず【あぶはちとらず】

Forms

虻蜂【あぶはち】【アブハチ】
あぶはち
アブハチ

Generated definitions (experimental)

horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

This phrase is often used to refer to two different insects together, highlighting their contrasting natures, often in a context where both are present or compared.

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The horsefly and the bee were flying together by the river.

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Like the horsefly and bee, there can be two different entities existing simultaneously.

Generated collocations (experimental)

とら取らto be left with nothing (to try to catch both a horsefly and a bee and end up with neither)like a horsefly and a bee (used to express a situation where one tries to gain two things but ends up with neither)to catch a horsefly (often used metaphorically in idioms)horseflies and bees (discussing both insects together)to be stung by a beehorse and bee (the contrast between two entities)

Example sentences

3 results

1. とら。

If you try for too much, you'll end up with nothing at all.

Tatoeba

2. 、とら取ら。

Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.

Tatoeba

3. にちょう二鳥だろう、きごう「とらきごう」。

That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.

Tatoeba

虻蜂【あぶはち】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

horsefly and bee; horsefly and waspsee also 虻蜂取らず【あぶはちとらず】

Forms

虻蜂【あぶはち】【アブハチ】
あぶはち
アブハチ

Generated definitions (experimental)

horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

This phrase is often used to refer to two different insects together, highlighting their contrasting natures, often in a context where both are present or compared.