Word Meaning 蓼食う虫も好き好き

たでくうむしもすきずき tadekuumushi mo sukizuki

蓼食う虫も好き好き is read as たでくうむしもすきずき (tadekuumushi mo sukizuki) and means some prefer nettles.

Meaning

English

  1. some prefer nettles
  2. there's no accounting for taste
  3. every man to his taste

Reading

Kana

たでくうむしもすきずき

Romaji

tadekuumushi mo sukizuki

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 159576 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

虫食い

むしくい

holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.

松食虫

まつくいむし

insects harmful to pine trees

金食い虫

かねくいむし

money loser

米食い虫

こめくいむし

rice weevil

食虫性

しょくちゅうせい

insectivorous

木食い虫

きくいむし

bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)

食虫植物

しょくちゅうしょくぶつ

insectivorous plants

船食虫

ふなくいむし

shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis)

食虫

しょくちゅう

insectivore

Example Sentences

2

たでくうむしもすきずきということわざはゆうめいだ。

the proverb about insects that eat smartweed is famous.

There is no accounting for tastes.