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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虫の声

むしの声
むしのこえ
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
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虫の音

むしのね
calls and sounds made by insects
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虫が好かない

exp
むしがすかない
disliking; having an antipathy to
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虫えい

虫癭
ちゅうえい
gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
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団子虫

だんごむし、ダンゴムシ
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
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虫引虻

虫曳虻、食虫虻
むしひきあぶ、ムシヒキアブ
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
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大象虫

おおぞうむし、オオゾウムシ
Japanese giant weevil (Sipalinus gigas)
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大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺せ

exp
だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころせ
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one
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大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す

exp
だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one
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袋虫

ふくろむし、フクロムシ
rhizocephala (parasitic barnacles)