虻

虻 (canonical)
虻 (canonical)
abu (romanization)


蚊

From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.

蚊蟻 上可 下音疑 訓安利乃古

794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 161:


蚊

ja-noun

蚊(かあ) • (kā)

Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.

蚊蝄䖟蜺 [...] 上二字加安下二字阿牟

794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 104:

蚊 加阿

1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 3 (back):


蚋

蚋 (canonical)
蚋 (canonical)
buyu (romanization)
匹 (counter)


蚋

蚋 (canonical)
蚋 (canonical)
buyo (romanization)
匹 (counter)

1920, 島崎藤村, ふるさと, 青空文庫:

蚋は人をも馬をも刺します。あの長くて丈夫な馬の尻尾の房々とした毛は、蚋を追ひ拂ふのに役に立つのです。

Buyo wa hito o mo uma o mo sashimasu. Ano nagakute jōbu na uma no shippo no fusafusa to shita ke wa, buyo o oiharau no ni yaku ni tatsu no desu.

Blackflies bite both people and horses. The long, strong, and bushy hair on horses’ tails is helpful in driving away blackflies.


蚋

蚋 (canonical)
蚋 (canonical)
buto (romanization)
匹 (counter)


蝿

蝿(はえ) or 蝿(ハエ) • (hae) ^(←はへ (fafe)?) (counter 匹)

蝿 (canonical)
蝿 (canonical)
hae (romanization)
fafe (romanization)
匹 (counter)
はへ (hiragana historical)
はい (alternative hiragana)
hai (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)
はひ (alternative hiragana historical)

Extended shinjitai
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Shoki
ja:ハエ

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *papay. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “チェンジ [Change]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 160:

あ、はい。

あ、はい。

(especially) insects of the family Muscidae


はまだらか

はまだらか or ハマダラカ • (hamadaraka) ^(←はまだらか (famadaraka)?)

はまだらか (canonical)
ハマダラカ (canonical)
hamadaraka (romanization)
famadaraka (romanization)
はまだらか (hiragana historical)

From 羽(は) (ha) + 斑(まだら) (madara) + 蚊(か) (ka).


実蠅

実(み)蠅(ばえ) or 実蠅(ミバエ) • (mibae) ^(←みばへ (mibafe)?)

実蠅 (canonical)
実蠅 (canonical)
mibae (romanization)
mibafe (romanization)
みばへ (hiragana historical)


家蝿

家(いえ)蝿(ばえ) or 家蝿(イエバエ) • (iebae) ^(←いへばへ (ifebafe)?) (counter 匹)

家蝿 (canonical)
家蝿 (canonical)
iebae (romanization)
ifebafe (romanization)
匹 (counter)
いへばへ (hiragana historical)


猩々蝿

猩(しょう)々(じょう)蝿(ばえ) or 猩々蝿(ショウジョウバエ) • (shōjōbae)

猩々蝿 (canonical)
猩々蝿 (canonical)
shōjōbae (romanization)

猩々(しょうじょう) (shōjō, “heavy drinker”) + 蝿(はえ) (hae, “fly”). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

fruit fly, a fly in the family Drosophilidae


癭蝿

癭蝿 (canonical)
癭蝿 (canonical)
tamabae (romanization)

gall midge, an insect of the family Cecidomyiidae


糠蝿

ja-noun

糠(ぬか)蝿(ばえ) • (nukabae) ^(←ぬかばへ (nukabafe)?)

糠蝿 (canonical)
nukabae (romanization)
nukabafe (romanization)
ぬかばへ (hiragana historical)


目纏い

目(め)纏(まと)い • (mematoi) ^(←めまとひ (mematofi)?)

目纏い (canonical)
mematoi (romanization)
mematofi (romanization)
めまとひ (hiragana historical)


糠蚊

糠蚊 (canonical)
糠蚊 (canonical)
nukaka (romanization)


瓜実蠅

瓜(うり)実(み)蠅(ばえ) or 瓜実蠅(ウリミバエ) • (urimibae) ^(←うりみばへ (urimibafe)?)

瓜実蠅 (canonical)
瓜実蠅 (canonical)
urimibae (romanization)
urimibafe (romanization)
うりみばへ (hiragana historical)

瓜 (uri, “melon”) + 実蠅 (mibae, “peacock fly”)


孑孑

孑孑 (canonical)
ketsuketsu (romanization)


孑孑

ja-noun

孑孑(ぼうふら) or 孑孑(ボウフラ) or 孑孑(ボーフラ) • (bōfura) ^(←ばうふら (baufura) or バウフラ (baufura)?)

孑孑 (canonical)
孑孑 (canonical)
孑孑 (canonical)
bōfura (romanization)
baufura (romanization)
ばうふら (hiragana historical)
バウフラ (hiragana historical)

[bo̞ːɸɯ̟ɾa̠]

First attested in the Edo period.
Shift from bōfuri (see below).


孑孑

孑孑 (canonical)
bōfuri (romanization)
baufuri (romanization)
ばうふり (hiragana historical)

[bo̞ːɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

Shortened from 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi, literally “stick-waving insect”).


大蚊

大蚊 (canonical)
大蚊 (canonical)
gaganbo (romanization)
かがんぼ (alternative hiragana)
カガンボ (katakana)
kaganbo (Rōmaji)

[ɡa̠ɡã̠mbo̞]

Unknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 + の + 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) + 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).


蚊蜻蛉

ja-noun

蚊蜻蛉(かとんぼ) or 蚊蜻蛉(カトンボ) • (katonbo)

蚊蜻蛉 (canonical)
蚊蜻蛉 (canonical)
katonbo (romanization)

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

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jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)


蚊の姥

蚊の姥 (canonical)
蚊の姥 (canonical)
ka no uba (romanization)
かのおば (alternative hiragana)
カノオバ (katakana)
ka no oba (Rōmaji)

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 姥 (uba, “granny”)


ウシバエ

ushibae (romanization)
usibafe (romanization)
ウシバヘ (historical katakana)

From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow”) + 蝿 (hae, “fly”). The hae reading for 蝿 changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..


花虻

花虻 (canonical)
花虻 (canonical)
hanaabu (romanization)


ツェツェバエ

From ツェツェ (tsetse) + 蝿 (hae). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


かばしら

Compound of 蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) + 柱 (hashira, “column, pillar”). From the way that a swarm of mosquitoes tends to gather in a roughly vertical shape. The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to the early 1200s.

compound

a "mosquito column": a swarm of mosquitoes


赤虫

赤虫 (canonical)
赤虫 (canonical)
akamushi (romanization)

From 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug”).

ja-compound

red velvet mite, harvest mite, various mites of the family Trombidiidae; (especially) Trombicula akamushi


揺蚊

揺蚊 (canonical)
揺蚊 (canonical)
yusurika (romanization)

From 揺(ゆ)すり (yusuri, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揺(ゆ)する (yusuru, “shake”)) + 蚊(か) (ka, “mosquito”).

ja-compound

chironomid, any of various midges of the family Chironomidae


小蝿

小蝿 (canonical)
小蝿 (canonical)
kobae (romanization)

small fly, such as a fruit fly or moth fly