あめんぼ は むし です。amenbo wa mushi desu. あめんぼは虫です。
あめんぼ/アメンボ
あめんぼ amenbo: water strider, pond skater
虫
むし mushi: insect
insect
昆虫:こんちゅう konchū / 虫:むし mushi
昆虫-採集:こんちゅう-さいしゅうkonchū-saishū:insect-collecting
—-> [paraphrase]虫捕り/虫取りむしとりmushi tori
人気のある虫
ninki no aru mushi:popular insects
Many boys like to collect…
- かぶとむし kabutomushi:Japanese rhinoceros beetle:[The males are more popular]
- くわがた/くわがたむし kuwagata(mushi):Stag beetle
Many people like to see…
- ちょうchō/ちょうちょうchōchō/ちょうちょchōcho:蝶々:butterfly
- とんぼ tonbo:蜻蛉:dragonfly
- ほたる:蛍:firefly [People like Firefly Glow. ]
人気のない虫
ninki no nai mushi:unpopular insects
- 毛虫:けむしkemushi:caterpillar
- ハエ/はえ:蝿hae:fly
- カ/か:蚊ka:mosquito
最も人気のない虫
mottomo ninki no nai mushi: insects most people hate
- ゴキブリ/ごきぶりgokiburi:cockroach
Why gokiburi are so hated?
Because
- Frequently encountered in house
- Suddenly appear
- Quick movement
- Sudden gliding
- instinctively
横山桐郎『蟲の繪物語』興文社,1928.
YOKOYAMA,Kirio”Mushi no e-monogatari” Kōbunsha,1928.
中山周平『しぜんのすがた』国民図書刊行会,1950.
NAKAYAMA,Shūhei “Shizen no sugata” Kokumin-tosho-kankōkai,1950.