Kanji 蛉 Words: Meanings and Readings

蜻蜒

せいれい

dragonfly

とんぼ帰り

とんぼがえり

abrupt change of direction

とんぼ玉

とんぼだま

glass bead

伊予蜻蛉

いよとんぼ

whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

羽黒蜻蛉

はぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

塩辛蜻蛉

しおからとんぼ

Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)

黄蜻蛉

きとんぼ

yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum) (dragonfly species of East Asia)

蚊蜻蛉

かとんぼ

a tall, gangly person

角蜻蛉

つのとんぼ

owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae)

気楽とんぼ

きらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

御歯黒蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

紅糸蜻蛉

べにいととんぼ

Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)

糸とんぼ

いととんぼ

damselfly (Zygoptera spp.)

蛇蜻蛉

へびとんぼ

dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)

秋津島

あきずしま

Japan

尻切れとんぼ

しりきれとんぼ

leaving unfinished

深山川蜻蛉

みやまがわとんぼ

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

水蜻蛉

みずとんぼ

Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

昔蜻蛉

むかしとんぼ

Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

赤とんぼ

あかとんぼ

(small) red dragonfly

川蜻蛉

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

草蜉蝣

くさかげろう

green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)

竹とんぼ

たけとんぼ

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

麦藁蜻蛉

むぎわらとんぼ

dragonfly

涸沼糸蜻蛉

ひぬまいととんぼ

Mortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)

螟蛉

めいれい

adopted child