鳴き虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳴 虫
な
Grade: 2 		むし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鳴き蟲 (kyūjitai)
鳴虫

Etymology

泣き (“crying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 鳴く (naku, “(of an animal) to call”)) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “bug”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [na̠kʲimɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

鳴(な)き虫(むし) • (nakimushi) 

  1. insects with musical sounds
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