お邪魔虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
邪 魔 虫
じゃ
Grade: S 		ま
Grade: S 		むし
Grade: 1
goon kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
お邪魔蟲 (kyūjitai)
御邪魔虫
おじゃま虫

Etymology

From お (o-, beautifying prefix) + 邪魔(じゃま) (jama, “obstruction”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ʑa̠ma̠mɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

お邪(じゃ)魔(ま)虫(むし) • (o-jama-mushi) ←おじやまむし (ozyamamusi)?

  1. a person who constantly gets in the way and does nothing useful
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