► 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:
- あの人の顔を見ただけで虫酸が走る ⇨ Just seeing his face gives me heartburn. He disgusts me
- 虫刺されの軟膏 ⇨ An ointment for insect bites
- 虫刺されを掻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
- 無数の虫が蠢いていた ⇨ Countless bugs were moving around
- 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
- あんなウジ虫みたいな奴はどうでもいい ⇨ I don’t care about a maggot like him
- 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
- 見つかった時彼はもう虫の息だった ⇨ He was at his last breaths when he was found
- 殺虫剤 ⇨ Insecticide
- 害虫駆除 ⇨ Pest control
- 彼は虫を指で弾き飛ばした ⇨ He flicked off a bug with a finger
- 彼は小さい時は泣き虫だった ⇨ He used to cry a lot when he was little
- 大昔の人達はどうやって虫歯を防いでいたのだろう？ ⇨ How did ancient people avoid dental cavities?
- 奥歯に虫歯が出来てしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
- 防虫剤の臭いが服に移った ⇨ The smell of pesticide got on the clothes