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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:
  • 殺虫剤 ⇨ Insecticide
  • と昆虫の相似している ⇨ The wings of birds and insects are analogous
  • 昆虫の標本 ⇨ Insect specimens
  • 果物に虫がいてしまった ⇨ The fruits got bugs
  • は虫眼鏡を使っかいている ⇨ He is looking at the details with a magnifying glass
  • に虫のらせがした ⇨ Suddenly I had a premonition
  • 彼女業者頼んで害虫を駆除した ⇨ She hired a contractor to get rid of pests
  • 害虫退治 ⇨ Pest extermination chemicals
  • 無数の虫がいていた ⇨ Countless bugs were moving around
  • 昆虫図鑑 ⇨ An encyclopedia of insects
  • は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
  • 害虫駆除業者 ⇨ A pest-control contractor, exterminator
  • 虫刺されの軟膏 ⇨ An ointment for insect bites
  • 防虫剤のいが移った ⇨ The smell of pesticide got on the clothes
  • 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