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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:
  • 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
  • えをぐために昆虫をべた ⇨ He ate insects to stave off hunger
  • は爬虫類だ ⇨ Snakes are reptiles
  • 害虫駆除 ⇨ Pest control
  • は虫眼鏡を使っかいている ⇨ He is looking at the details with a magnifying glass
  • 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
  • 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
  • 虫をべるのは餓死するよりはましだ ⇨ Eating bugs is better than starving to death
  • さいは泣き虫だった ⇨ He used to cry a lot when he was little
  • は虫けらのようにされた ⇨ He was killed like a bug, something worthless
  • 昆虫採集 ⇨ Insect collection