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米搗虫

米搗き虫、 叩頭虫、 額突虫

Readings

Kana: こめつきむし、ぬかずきむし、ぬかつきむし、コメツキムシ
Romaji: kometsukimushi, nukazukimushi, nukatsukimushi, kometsukimushi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: トウ、 つ.く、 か.つ
Meanings: pound, husk
Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし
Meanings: insect, bug, temper
Readings: コウ、 たた.く、 はた.く、 すぎ
Meanings: strike, beat, hit, thrash, criticize
Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
Meanings: head, counter for large animals
Readings: ガク、 ひたい
Meanings: forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden