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せみ、せび、セミ
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
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空蝉

虚蝉、現人
うつせみ、うつそみ、うつしおみ
man of this world; the real world; temporal things; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
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にいにい蝉

にいにいぜみ
Kaempfer cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)
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みんみん蝉

蛁蟟
みんみんぜみ、ミンミンゼミ
robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis); mingming cicada
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油蝉

鳴蜩
あぶらぜみ、アブラゼミ
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
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川蝉

翡翠、魚狗
かわせみ、ひすい、しょうびん、カワセミ
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
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蝉時雨

せみしぐれ
outburst of cicadas singing
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笑い川蝉

笑い翡翠、笑翡翠
わらいかわせみ、ワライカワセミ
laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
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松蝉

まつぜみ
cicada abundant in late spring
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角蝉

つのぜみ、ツノゼミ
treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)