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虫

むし

usually kana

Readings

むし

Meanings

  1. 1.
    ninsect; bug; cricket; moth
  2. 2.
    nworm; roundworm
  3. 3.
    nthing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious
  4. 4.
    nnervousness; fretfulness
  5. 5.
    nperson devoted to one thing; single-minded person
  6. 6.
    nvalve core
  7. 7.
    nmushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

Kanji breakdown

虫
N46 strokesGrade 1

Example sentences

彼女は虫が大嫌いだ。

She has a strong dislike of insects.

鳥は虫を探していた。

The bird was looking for worms.

彼は確かにハンサムで頭もいいかもしれないけど、どこか虫の好かないところがあるの。

Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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