Word Meaning 虫の報せ

むしのしらせ mushi no shirase

虫の報せ is read as むしのしらせ (mushi no shirase) and means feeling in one's bones.

Meaning

English

  1. feeling in one's bones
  2. foreboding
  3. premonition
  4. presentiment
  5. gut feeling
  6. gut instinct

Reading

Kana

むしのしらせ

Romaji

mushi no shirase

Writing Variants

  • むしの知らせ むしのしらせ mushinoshirase
  • 虫のしらせ むしのしらせ mushinoshirase
  • 虫の知らせ むしのしらせ mushi no shirase

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb Rank 115357 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

むし

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

虫歯

むしば

cavity

虫食い

むしくい

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

虫除け

むしよけ

insecticide

虫出し

むしだし

first spring thunderstorm of the year

虫国

ちゅうごく

China

虫籠格子

むしこごうし

ultra-fine lattice

虫下し

むしくだし

deworming medicine

虫気

むしけ

nervous weakness

虫部

きぶ

insect radical

虫売り

むしうり

insect peddler (esp. fireflies and crickets)