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むし

obsolete kanjinounnoun (generic)usually written using kana alonehanafuda

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Meanings

  • insect, bug, cricket, moth
  • worm, roundworm
  • thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious
  • nervousness, fretfulness
  • person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
  • valve core
  • mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

Learn in context

Example sentences

にわむしがいます。

There is a bug in the garden.

なつになるとむしこえがよくこえる。

When summer comes, you can often hear the sounds of insects.

子供こどもむしこわくていた。

The child was scared of bugs and cried.

このはなっぱにむしがついている。

There are insects on the leaves of this flower.

おとうとむしきらいなので、そとあそびたがらない。

My younger brother dislikes bugs, so he doesn't want to play outside.