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► 成句
  [(2)むし]  [虫の居所が悪い]    meaning:  mood  rank: 3
☆ は今日虫の居所い (むしのいどころ) ⇨ He is in a bad mood today  (☛ Literally means “the bug is in a wrong place”)

  [(2)むし]  [虫が良い]    meaning:  selfish  rank: 3
☆ 虫のいことをいやがって ⇨ What a selfish thing to say

  [(2)むし]  [虫が好かない]    meaning:  annoy  rank: 4
☆ あいつはどうも虫がかない ⇨ I just don’t like him. There is something about him that annoys me

► 名詞
  [(2)むし]    meaning:  insect  rank: 1
☆ 子供は虫が好きだ ⇨ Children like insects

  [(2)むし]    meaning:  dedicate  rank: 4
☆ 彼女の虫だ ⇨ She is a bookworm  (☛ Typically dedicated to academic work)


More examples:
  • 害虫駆除業者 ⇨ A pest-control contractor, exterminator
  • の幼虫 ⇨ A larva of a butterfly
  • 害虫退治 ⇨ Pest extermination chemicals
  • 見つかった時彼はもう虫のだった ⇨ He was at his last breaths when he was found
  • 彼女と二人きりになりたいのにあいつが御邪魔虫をしてイライラした ⇨ I wanted to be alone with her, but he didn’t leave us and I got so annoyed
  • 彼女業者頼んで害虫を駆除した ⇨ She hired a contractor to get rid of pests
  • は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
  • 害虫駆除 ⇨ Pest control
  • えをぐために昆虫をべた ⇨ He ate insects to stave off hunger
  • に虫のらせがした ⇨ Suddenly I had a premonition
  • 虫刺されをいたりしてはしてはいけない ⇨ It’s not good if you do something like scratching the insect bite spot
  • 気色悪い虫 ⇨ A creepy insect
  • 臼歯に虫歯が出来てしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
  • 発する昆虫 ⇨ Insects that produce light
  • は虫を弾き飛ばした ⇨ He flicked off a bug with a finger