► 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:
- 奥歯に虫歯が出来てしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
- 水虫が出来てしまった ⇨ I got athlete’s foot
- 彼は飢えを凌ぐために昆虫を食べた ⇨ He ate insects to stave off hunger
- 蛇は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
- 害虫駆除 ⇨ Pest control
- 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
- 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
- 蝶の幼虫 ⇨ A larva of a butterfly
- 昆虫図鑑 ⇨ An encyclopedia of insects
- 奥歯が虫歯になってしまった ⇨ I got a cavity in a molar
- 虫を食べるのは餓死するよりはましだ ⇨ Eating bugs is better than starving to death
- 彼は小さい時は泣き虫だった ⇨ He used to cry a lot when he was little
- 彼は虫けらのように殺された ⇨ He was killed like a bug, something worthless
- 昆虫採集 ⇨ Insect collection