► 成句
虫 [(2)むし] [虫の居所が悪い] meaning: mood rank: 3
☆ 彼は今日虫の居所が悪い (むしのいどころ) ⇨ He is in a bad mood today (☛ Literally means “the bug is in a wrong place”)
虫 [(2)むし] [虫が良い] meaning: selfish rank: 3
☆ 虫の良いことを言いやがって ⇨ What a selfish thing to say
虫 [(2)むし] [虫が好かない] meaning: annoy rank: 4
☆ あいつはどうも虫が好かない ⇨ I just don’t like him. There is something about him that annoys me
► 名詞
虫 [(2)むし] meaning: insect rank: 1
☆ 子供は虫が好きだ ⇨ Children like insects
虫 [(2)むし] meaning: dedicate rank: 4
☆ 彼女は本の虫だ ⇨ She is a bookworm (☛ Typically dedicated to academic work)
More examples:
- 彼は虫の息で地面に横たわっていた ⇨ He was lying on the ground, barely breathing
- 高電圧で殺虫する装置 ⇨ An apparatus that kills bugs with high voltage
- 無数の虫が蠢いていた ⇨ Countless bugs were moving around
- 彼はシャツから虫を指で弾いた ⇨ He flicked a bug off his shirt
- 彼は虫眼鏡を使って細かい所を見ている ⇨ He is looking at the details with a magnifying glass
- 水虫が出来てしまった ⇨ I got athlete’s foot
- 蛇は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
- 昆虫採集 ⇨ Insect collection
- 彼は苦虫を噛み潰したような顔をしている ⇨ He is scowling as if he bit a bitter bug
- 害虫を遠ざける植物 ⇨ Plants that keep vermins at distance, repel
- 虫刺されの軟膏 ⇨ An ointment for insect bites
- 昆虫図鑑 ⇨ An encyclopedia of insects
- 奥歯に虫歯が出来てしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
- 昆虫の標本 ⇨ Insect specimens
- 彼女は業者に頼んで害虫を駆除した ⇨ She hired a contractor to get rid of pests