虻

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


虱

虱 (canonical)
虱 (canonical)
shirami (romanization)

First attested in the Shinsen Jikyō (c. 900 CE).
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sirami. Compound of 白 (shira, “white”, combining form) and an uncertain mi.

Pediculus humanus capitis
Pediculus humanus capitis#Translingual

a sucking louse, especially the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)


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)


蛭

蛭 (canonical)
蛭 (canonical)
hiru (romanization)


蚤

蚤 (canonical)
蚤 (canonical)
nomi (romanization)

Possibly derived from 飲み (nomi), the nominalized 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”), from the way that fleas drink the host's blood.


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):


南京虫

南(なん)京(きん)虫(むし) or 南京虫(ナンキンムシ) • (nankinmushi)

南京虫 (canonical)
南京虫 (canonical)
nankinmushi (romanization)

[nã̠ŋʲkʲĩmːɯ̟ɕi]

南京 (Nankin, “Nanjing”) + 虫 (mushi, “insect”)


床虱

床虱 (canonical)
床虱 (canonical)
tokojirami (romanization)


肝蛭

肝蛭 (canonical)
肝蛭 (canonical)
kantetsu (romanization)


目纏い

ja-noun

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)


糠蝿

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)


頭虱

頭(あたま)虱(じらみ) or 頭虱(アタマジラミ) • (atamajirami)

頭虱 (canonical)
頭虱 (canonical)
atamajirami (romanization)


蟯虫

蟯(ぎょう)虫(ちゅう) or 蟯虫(ギョウチュウ) • (gyōchū) ^(←げうちゆう (geutyuu)?)

蟯虫 (canonical)
蟯虫 (canonical)
gyōchū (romanization)
geutyuu (romanization)
げうちゆう (hiragana historical)

[ɡʲo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]


蟯虫

蟯(じょう)虫(ちゅう) • (jōchū) ^(←ぜうちゆう (zeutyuu)?)

蟯虫 (canonical)
jōchū (romanization)
zeutyuu (romanization)
ぜうちゆう (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]


宿り木

宿り木 (canonical)
宿り木 (canonical)
yadorigi (romanization)


砂蚤

砂蚤 (canonical)
砂蚤 (canonical)
sunanomi (romanization)


床虫

床虫 (canonical)
床虫 (canonical)
tokomushi (romanization)


衣虱

衣(ころも)虱(じらみ) or 衣虱(コロモジラミ) • (koromojirami)

衣虱 (canonical)
衣虱 (canonical)
koromojirami (romanization)

衣 (koromo, “clothes”) + 虱 (“sucking louse”)

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Pediculus humanus
Pediculus humanus#Translingual


人虱

人虱 (canonical)
人虱 (canonical)
hitojirami (romanization)

人 (hito, “human”) + 虱 (shirami, “sucking louse”)

A head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) or body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)


真蜱

真蜱 (canonical)
真蜱 (canonical)
madani (romanization)

真(ま) (ma, “true”) + 蜱(だに) (dani, “mite; tick”)


真田虫

ja-noun

真(さな)田(だ)虫(むし) or 真田虫(サナダムシ) • (Sanadamushi)

真田虫 (canonical)
真田虫 (canonical)
Sanadamushi (romanization)

From 真田 (Sanada, “braided cord”) + 虫 (mushi, “worm; bug”).


条虫

ja-noun

条(じょう)虫(ちゅう) or 条虫(ジョウチュウ) • (jōchū) ^(←でうちゆう (deutyuu) or デウチユウ (deutyuu)?)

条虫 (canonical)
条虫 (canonical)
jōchū (romanization)
deutyuu (romanization)
でうちゆう (hiragana historical)
デウチユウ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]

From Chinese 縧蟲 /绦虫 (tāochóng, “tapeworm”).
条 (jō, “twig, strip”) is a daiyōji replacing 縧 (jō, “cord, sash”).

ja-daiyouji

Synonym of 真田虫 (Sanadamushi, “tapeworm”) (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)


絛虫

ja-noun

絛(じょう)虫(ちゅう) or 絛虫(ジョウチュウ) • (jōchū) ^(←でうちゆう (deutyuu) or デウチユウ (deutyuu)?)

絛虫 (canonical)
絛虫 (canonical)
jōchū (romanization)
deutyuu (romanization)
でうちゆう (hiragana historical)
デウチユウ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]


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)..


毛虱

毛虱 (canonical)
毛虱 (canonical)
kejirami (romanization)

From 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 虱 (shirami, “sucking louse”).