Kanji 蝉 Words: Meanings and Readings

蟬

せび

small-sized pulley

せみ時雨

せみしぐれ

outburst of cicadas singing

にいにい蝉

にいにいぜみ

Kaempfer cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)

みんみん蝉

みんみんぜみ

robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis)

唖蝉

おしぜみ

voiceless cicada (female)

夏蝉

なつぜみ

summer cicadas

蝦夷蝉

えぞぜみ

Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

蛙鳴蝉噪

あめいせんそう

annoying noise

角蝉

つのぜみ

treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)

寒蝉

かんせん

cicadas which sing in late autumn

空蝉

うつせみ

cast-off cicada shell

熊蝉

くまぜみ

Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)

耳蝉

みみずく

auricled leafhopper (Ledra auditura)

秋の蝉

あきのせみ

cicadas that sing even in autumn

秋蝉

あきぜみ

cicadas that sing when autumn comes

春蝉

はるぜみ

spring cicada (Terpnosia vacua)

初蝉

はつぜみ

first sound of cicadas of the year

松蝉

まつぜみ

cicada abundant in late spring

笑い川蝉

わらいかわせみ

laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

蝉の羽月

せみのはづき

sixth lunar month

蝉海老

せみえび

blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)

蝉声

せんせい

cicada singing

蝉魴鮄

せみほうぼう

Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)

川蝉

かわせみ

beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

姫春蝉

ひめはるぜみ

Euterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada)

姫蝉海老

ひめせみえび

slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)

法師蝉

ほうしぜみ

Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)

鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす

なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす

empty vessels make the most noise

油蝉

あぶらぜみ

large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata)

夕ぜみ

ゆうぜみ

cicada singing at dusk