This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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米食い虫

こめくいむし
rice weevil
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腹の虫

はらのむし
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
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腹の虫が治まらない

exp
はらのむしがおさまらない
cannot contain one's anger
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草鞋虫

わらじむし
wood louse; wood lice; slater
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草履虫

ぞうりむし
paramecium
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船虫

ふなむし、フナムシ
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
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繊毛虫

せんもうちゅう
ciliate
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お邪魔虫

御邪魔虫
おじゃまむし
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
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赤虫

あかむし、アカムシ
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
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浮塵子

白蝋虫
うんか、ふじんし、ウンカ
plant hopper (any insect of family Delphacidae); leafhopper