► 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:
- 害虫駆除業者 ⇨ A pest-control contractor, exterminator
- 蝶の幼虫 ⇨ A larva of a butterfly
- 害虫退治の薬 ⇨ Pest extermination chemicals
- 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
- 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
- 彼女は業者に頼んで害虫を駆除した ⇨ She hired a contractor to get rid of pests
- 蛇は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
- 害虫駆除 ⇨ Pest control
- 彼は飢えを凌ぐために昆虫を食べた ⇨ He ate insects to stave off hunger
- 急に虫の知らせがした ⇨ Suddenly I had a premonition
- 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
- 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
- 光を発する昆虫 ⇨ Insects that produce light
- 彼は虫を指で弾き飛ばした ⇨ He flicked off a bug with a finger