► 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:
- 昆虫の標本 ⇨ Insect specimens
- 水虫を根治するのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to permanently cure athlete foots
- 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
- 高電圧で殺虫する装置 ⇨ An apparatus that kills bugs with high voltage
- 害虫駆除業者 ⇨ A pest-control contractor, exterminator
- 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
- 彼はシャツから虫を指で弾いた ⇨ He flicked a bug off his shirt
- 奥歯が虫歯になってしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
- 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
- 彼は虫の息で地面に横たわっていた ⇨ He was lying on the ground, barely breathing
- 虫刺されの軟膏 ⇨ An ointment for insect bites
- 彼は虫を指で弾き飛ばした ⇨ He flicked off a bug with a finger
- 評論家は自分達はなにも創造しない寄生虫だ ⇨ Critics are parasites who don’t create anything themselves
- 気色悪い虫 ⇨ A creepy insect
- 急に虫の知らせがした ⇨ Suddenly I had a premonition