むし
mushi

Noun

1. insect; bug; cricket; moth

彼女かのじょむし大嫌いだ。
kanojowa mushiga daikiraida.
She has a strong dislike of insects.
Noun

2. worm; roundworm

とりむしさがしていた。
toriwa mushio sagashite ita.
The bird was looking for worms.
Noun

3. thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious

Related to 虫を殺す
かれたしかにハンサムであたまもいいかもしれないけど、どこかむしかないところがあるの。
karewa tashikani hansamude atamamo iikamo shirenaikedo dokoka mushino sukanai tokoroga aruno.
Certainly he is handsome and intelligent, but there is something about him that I can't like.
Noun

4. nervousness; fretfulness

Related to 虫気
Noun

5. person devoted to one thing; single-minded person

Related to 本の虫
Noun

6. valve core

Noun

7. mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

Hanafuda
Usually Written in Kana
Related to 虫札
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