船虫

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
船 虫
ふな
Grade: 2 		むし
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
船蟲 (kyūjitai)
フナムシ
 フナムシ on Japanese Wikipedia
フナムシ（Ligia exotica）

Etymology[edit]

船(ふな) (funa, “ship”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

船(ふな)虫(むし) • (funamushi) 

  1. a sea roach, wharf roach (Ligia exotica)
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of 船食虫 (funakuimushi /⁠ふなくいむし⁠/, “a shipworm”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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