蚯蚓
Chinese
earthworm | |||
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simp. and trad. (蚯蚓) |
蚯 | 蚓 | |
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
蚯蚓
- earthworm (Classifier: 條/条)
- 螻蟈鳴,蚯螾出,王瓜生,苦菜秀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Lóuguō míng, qiūyǐn chū, wángguā shēng, kǔcài xiù. [Pinyin]
- The green frogs croak. Earthworms come forth. The royal melons grow. The sow-thistle is in seed.
蝼蝈鸣,蚯螾出,王瓜生,苦菜秀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
蚯蚓 (counter 匹, hiragana みみず, katakana ミミズ, rōmaji mimizu) (alternative reading hiragana めめず, romaji memezu)
- an earthworm (worm (animal))
- 2005 August 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “
第 六十四訓 キャラクターはシルエットだけで読 者 に見 分 けがつくように描 き分 けよう [Lesson 64: Characters Should Be Drawn So That Readers Can Make Them Out with just the Silhouettes]”, in銀 魂 [Silver Soul], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ?腫れるっていうよね
- Dokka de mimizu ni shōben demo hikkaketekitan ja nai ki? Harerutte iu yo ne
- Did you piss on a worm somewhere? You said swollen right?
- Nani itchatten no Meishin daro sonna…
- What you talkin’ about? That’s just a superstition…
- どっかでミミズに小便でも ひっかけてきたんじゃないかィ?腫れるっていうよね
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Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ミミズ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蚯蚓書き (mimizugaki)
- 蚯蚓蜥蜴 (mimizu tokage, “worm lizard”)
- 蚯蚓鳴く (mimizunaku)
- 蚯蚓ののたくったよう (mimizu no notakutta yō)
- 蚯蚓鯊 (mimizuhaze)
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