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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:
  • 昆虫の標本 ⇨ Insect specimens
  • 水虫を根治するのはしい ⇨ 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だった ⇨ He was at his last breaths when he was found
  • シャツから虫をいた ⇨ 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はどうでもいい ⇨ I don’t care about a maggot like him
  • は虫の地面たわっていた ⇨ He was lying on the ground, barely breathing
  • 虫刺されの軟膏 ⇨ An ointment for insect bites
  • は虫を弾き飛ばした ⇨ He flicked off a bug with a finger
  • 評論家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
  • に虫のらせがした ⇨ Suddenly I had a premonition