"天道虫" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞nto̞ː mɯ̟ɕi] Forms: 天道虫 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), (とう), (むし)), 天道虫 [canonical] (ruby: 天道虫(テントウムシ)), tentō mushi [romanization], tentaumusi [romanization], てんたうむし [hiragana, historical], テンタウムシ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 天道 (tentō, “celestial path; the sun”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”). There are various theories for the derivation. These include: * So called because the insects fly upward towards the sun. * So called for their habit of landing on branches and orienting upwards, towards the sky. Derived species names are generally suffixed with -tentō. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|天道|虫|t1=celestial path; the sun|t2=bug|tr1=tentō|tr2=mushi}} 天道 (tentō, “celestial path; the sun”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんとう むし|テントウ ムシ|hist1=てんたうむし|hist2=テンタウムシ}} 天(てん)道(とう)虫(むし) or 天道虫(テントウムシ) • (tentō mushi) ^(←てんたうむし (tentaumusi) or テンタウムシ (tentaumusi)?)
  1. a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae)
    Sense id: en-天道虫-ja-noun-1YpAAFOI Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Beetles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Beetles: 52 48
  2. Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) Synonyms: 並瓢虫 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-天道虫-ja-noun-ngLrkBxt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Beetles Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Beetles: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 偽瓢虫 (tentō mushi damashi) (ruby: 偽瓢虫(てんとうむしだまし)), 赤星瓢虫 (akaboshi tentō) (ruby: (あか), (ぼし), 瓢虫(てんとう)) (english: Chilocorus rubidus), 七星瓢虫 (nanahoshi tentō) (ruby: (なな), (ほし), 瓢虫(てんとう)), 並瓢虫 (nami tentō) (ruby: (なみ), 瓢虫(てんとう)), 二十八星瓢虫 (nijūhachihoshi tentō) (ruby: (), (じゅう), (はち), (ほし), 瓢虫(てんとう)) (english: Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "expansion": "天(てん)道(とう)虫(むし) or 天道虫(テントウムシ) • (tentō mushi) ^(←てんたうむし (tentaumusi) or テンタウムシ (tentaumusi)?)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "ipa": "[tẽ̞nto̞ː mɯ̟ɕi]"
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}

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