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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