Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 昆虫(こんちゅう) in Japanese

昆虫
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
こんちゅう
Romaji
konchū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    insect; bug
    Example sentence
    超えて古代昆虫たち琥珀生き生きと踊る Transcending time, the insects of ages gone past dance livelily in amber.

Examples of 昆虫, こんちゅう in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

8 strokes

descendants, elder brother, insect

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 2

6 strokes

insect, bug, temper

On'Yomi: チュウ, キ

Kun'Yomi: むし

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