毒菌

Reading

Kana: どくきん

Romaji: dokukin

Definition

noun

1

poison mushroom

Note: abbreviation; slang

Kanji

毒

Reading: ドク

Meanings: poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

菌

Reading: キン

Meanings: germ, fungus, bacteria

Example Sentences

シロオニタケは毒(どく)菌(きん)だけど、存在感(そんざいかん)があって好(す)きだなあ。

➥Shiroonitake is a poisonous mushroom but it has real presence, and I like it.

収量(しゅうりょう)が多(おお)いからといって尊(とうと)いとは思(おも)わないが、ドカンと発生(はっせい)していると、毒(どく)菌(きん)でもうれしいもんだ。

➥I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.