でんでん虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虫
むし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
でんでん蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Possibly compound of 出(で)ろ (dero, imperative form of 出(で)る (deru, “to go out”), saying when a snail seals in its shell) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “insect”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dẽ̞ndẽ̞mːɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

でんでん虫(むし) • (dendenmushi) 

  1. (childish) synonym of カタツムリ (katatsumuri, “snail”)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.