"芋虫" meaning in All languages combined

See 芋虫 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [imo̞mɯ̟ᵝɕi] Forms: 芋虫 [canonical] (ruby: (いも), (むし)), 芋虫 [canonical] (ruby: 芋虫(イモムシ)), imomushi [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 芋 (imo, “potato, tuber”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug, worm”). Refers specifically to hairless caterpillars, most specifically to varieties that eat the leaves of the 里芋 (sato imo, “taro”) or 薩摩芋 (satsuma imo, “sweet potato”). First attested in the Nippo Jisho of 1603. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|芋|虫|t1=potato, tuber|t2=bug, worm|tr1=imo|tr2=mushi}} 芋 (imo, “potato, tuber”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug, worm”), {{m|ja|里芋||taro|tr=sato imo}} 里芋 (sato imo, “taro”), {{m|ja|薩摩芋||sweet potato|tr=satsuma imo}} 薩摩芋 (satsuma imo, “sweet potato”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いもむし|イモムシ}} 芋(いも)虫(むし) or 芋虫(イモムシ) • (imomushi)
  1. a hairless caterpillar
    Sense id: en-芋虫-ja-noun-w03fVI6k
  2. (figurative) an angry person (from the way that a person may puff up when angry and go red and swollen in the face, similar to the defense behaviors of some caterpillars) Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Butterflies, Moths
    Sense id: en-芋虫-ja-noun-~4L~bx~d Disambiguation of Baby animals: 9 58 5 22 5 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 18 44 11 17 10 Disambiguation of Moths: 18 44 11 17 10 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 62 6 20 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 61 8 18 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 44 21 18 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 58 13 18 5
  3. (figurative, derogatory) a dummy; a term used to ridicule a person Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-芋虫-ja-noun-djlyytp3
  4. a children's song and game, played by everyone squatting and holding onto the waist or shoulders of the person in front, and the whole group trying to move like a caterpillar Synonyms: 芋虫ころころ, 芋虫ごろごろ
    Sense id: en-芋虫-ja-noun-53lrwBDU
  5. a kind of traditional toy made to look and move like a caterpillar Synonyms: 俵転ばし, 俵返り
    Sense id: en-芋虫-ja-noun-W7eE1aTo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 毛虫 (kemushi) (ruby: (), (ムシ)) (english: a hairy caterpillar)

Download JSON data for 芋虫 meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)

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