amenbo and insects

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

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.