蟲 [虫] chóng
noun | radical 142
: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
: person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Kun Reading
虫 | むし mushi
noun
: insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm
虫けら | むしけら mushikera
: worm; insect
On Reading
チュウ chuu
キ ki
蟲[虫]子 chong2zi: insect; bug; worm
蟲[虫]害 chong2hai2: insect pest; damage from insects
[虫害 | ちゅうがい chuugai: insect damage]
蟲[虫]洞 chong2dong4: worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)
蟲災 [虫灾] chong2zai1: insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects
害蟲[虫] hai4chong2: injurious insect; pest
[害虫 | がいちゅう gaichuu: harmful insect; noxious insect]
昆蟲[虫] kun1chong2: insect [昆虫 | こんちゅう kunchuu: insect; bug]
蝗蟲[虫] huang2chong2: locust
[蝗虫 | ばった bata: grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
OR
こうちゅう kouchuu: rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)]
吸蟲[虫] xi1chong2: trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
[吸虫 | きゅうちゅう kyuuchuu: trematode (i.e. a fluke)]
大蟲[虫] da4chong2: tiger
毛毛蟲[虫] mao2 mao5 chong2: caterpillar
毛虫 | けむし kemushi: hairy caterpillar; woolly bear
: pest; nudnik (nudnick)
OR
皮虫 | かわむし kawamushi: hairy caterpillar

Mushishi 蟲師 is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara since 1999 until 2008. It was adapted into an anime television series, which aired between October 2005 and June 2006. A second anime series aired between April and December 2014, which has been licensed in North America by Aniplex of America, with two television specials airing in 2014 and an anime film released in 2015. Both the manga and the anime have received several awards such as the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tokyo Anime Award, and numerous publications have praised them.
The series follows Ginko, a man who dedicates himself to keeping people protected from supernatural creatures called Mushi.
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Japanese common word | expression | idiom | proverb
虫ず | むしず mushizu
: heartburn
: strong sense of disgust
蟲惑 | こわく kawaku: fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
弱虫 | よわむし yowamushi: coward; weakling
虫の良い | むしのいい mushi no ii: selfish
虫が良い | むしがいい mushi ga ii
: selfish; asking too much
虫が付く | むしがつく mushi ga tsuku
: to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable) lover
虫唾が走る | むしずがはしる mushizu ga hashiru
: to be disgusted with (wouldn’t touch with a pair of tongs); to loathe
虫も殺さぬ | むしもころさぬ mushi mo korosanu
: innocent-looking; looking as though butter would not melt in the mouth
虫が知らせる | むしがしらせる mushi ga shiraseru
: to forebode; to have a presentiment
虫が好かない | むしがすかない mushi ga sukanai
: disliking; having an antipathy to
虫の居所が悪い | むしのいどころがわるい mushi no idokoro ga warui
: being in a bad mood
飛んで火に入る夏の虫 | とんでひにいるなつのむし tonde hi ni iru natsu no mushi
: rushing to one’s doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す | だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす
dai no mushi o ikashite shou no mushi o korosu
: (proverb) sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one’s life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one
OR
小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす | しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす
shou no mushi o koroshite dai no mushi o ikasu
: (proverb) to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one’s life; to kill a small bug and save a large one
苦虫を噛み潰した様 | にがむしをかみつぶしたよう
niga mushi o kami tsubushita you
: sour (expression, as if having swallowed a bitter bug)
Chinese expression | idiom
跟屁蟲 [跟屁虫] gen1 pi4 chong2
: lit. bum beetle; sb who tags along; shadow; sycophant
胡塗蟲 [胡涂虫] hu2 tu5 chong2
: blunderer; bungler; also written 糊塗蟲 [糊涂虫]
精蟲衝腦 [精虫冲脑] jing1 chong2 chong1 nao3
: lit. the spermatozoons have gone to his head; fig. overwhelmed by lust
雕蟲篆刻 [雕虫篆刻] diao1 chong2 zhuan4 ke4
: my insignificant talent (humble expr.); my humble writings
夏蟲不可以語冰 [夏虫不可以语冰] xia4 chong2 bu4 ke3 yi3 yu3 bing1
: A summer insect (which does not live to see winter) cannot talk about ice; to have limited experience and knowledge
会意 Associative Compound.
Picture of three worms.
Corrupted form:
䖝 chong2
簡體 Simplified.
虫. Created as generic character simplification #16 (蟲 » 虫) via omission of part of the traditional character.
“Insect” radical #142
Examples:
考えただけで虫唾が走るわ。
かんがえただけでむしずがはしるわ kangae tadake de mushizu ga hashiruwa
That makes me disgusted just to think of it.
不要做個跟屁蟲。
bu4yao4 zuo4 ge4 gen1pi4chong2
Don’t be a sycophant.
Music:
弱虫な炎 yowamushi na honoo – DIRTY OLD MEN
風読む
此処はなんなんだ
鼓動の行方どこなんだ
振り絞れ
迷って当然だろ
誰もが手にすんなら
意味がないからな
まだまだこれから
ラスト一滴まで
臆病風にゆらゆら揺らぐ
頭の中でさ 答え出すなよ
動けこの脚 頂上を踏め
心に灯した弱虫な炎
風切る
これじゃダメなんだ
負けは死んだも同然だ
遮るもの
ひとつない高みに
命の手触りが
自由に満ちてる
いけいけ動かせ
ラスト一滴まで
臆病風にゆらゆら揺らぐ
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頭の中でさ 答え出すなよ
動けこの脚 頂上を踏め
心に灯した弱虫な炎
砕けそうだ
心がもう
壊れそうだ
風に聞いても
答えなんかない
まだ見ぬ自分を
選んだこの道の上
もう全て自分で決めるんだ
もう自分から
もう逃げるな
臆病風でバラバラになる
例えこの体ひきちぎれても
誰よりも早く頂上を踏め
心を燃やした自分自身で
唸れこの脚 頂上越えろ
弱虫な炎
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