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蜻蛉

蜻蜓
とんぼ、とんぼう、せいれい、トンボ
dragonfly; damselfly
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蜉蝣

蜻蛉
かげろう、ふゆう
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life); dragonfly; damselfly
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とんぼ返り

トンボ返り、蜻蛉返り、トンボ帰り、とんぼ帰り
とんぼがえり、トンボがえり
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; round trip without an overnight stop; abrupt change of direction
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糸蜻蛉

いととんぼ
damselfly
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麦藁蜻蛉

むぎわらとんぼ
dragonfly
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竹とんぼ

竹蜻蛉
たけとんぼ
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
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赤とんぼ

赤蜻蛉
あかとんぼ
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
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尻切れトンボ

尻切れ蜻蛉、尻切れとんぼ
しりきれトンボ、しりきれとんぼ
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
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塩辛蜻蛉

しおからとんぼ、シオカラトンボ
Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
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極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ
happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante