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194 word matches found for '虫' using reading 'むし'
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noun
insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
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cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries
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coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
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noun
1. athlete's foot
2. water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. hairy caterpillar; woolly bear
2. pest; nudnik (nudnick)
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1. worm-eaten; moth-eaten
noun
2. holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.
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1. iridescent
2. equivocal; ambivalent
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Most common form: ミドリムシ
noun
euglena (freshwater flagellate)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: コガネムシ
noun
1. scarabaeid beetle  (often written with kana only)
2. Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
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Most common form: ダンゴムシ
noun
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: クマムシ
noun
water bear; tardigrades  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 虫よけ
noun
insecticide; insect repellent
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Most common form: クワガタムシ
noun
stag beetle  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: カイガラムシ
noun
scale insect  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: マツムシソウ
noun
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ミノムシ
noun
bagworm; bagworm moth  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ハリガネムシ
noun
1. any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea)  (see also: 線形虫; often written with kana only)
2. wireworm (click beetle larva)  (see also: 米搗虫)
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noun
1. heartburn
2. strong sense of disgust  (see also: 虫唾が走る)
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Most common form: フナムシ
noun
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
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Most common form: 蝸牛
noun
1. snail  (see also: でで虫; でんでんむし is more col.; often written with kana only)
2. cochlea  (see also: 蝸牛殻; abbreviation)
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Most common form: チャタテムシ
noun
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)  (often written with kana only)
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expression, ii 'i' adjective
selfish  (see also: 虫がいい)
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expression, ii 'i' adjective
selfish; asking too much  (see also: 虫のいい)
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noun
shield bug; stink bug  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 天牛
noun
long-horned beetle
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expression, 'i' adjective
selfish; asking too much  (see also: 虫がいい)
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Most common form: テントウ虫
noun
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird  (often written with kana only)
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expression, 'i' adjective
selfish  (see also: 虫のいい)
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noun
1. flatworm; flat worm
2. flat bark beetle  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ツツガムシ
noun
chigger; jigger; harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)  (often written with kana only)
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