Word Meaning 螻蛄

けら kera

螻蛄 is read as けら (kera) and means mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis).

Meaning

English

  1. mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
  2. being penniless
  3. being broke

Reading

Kana

けら

Romaji

kera

Writing Variants

  • けら kera
  • 螻蛄 おけら okera
  • 螻蛄 ろうこ rouko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

螻蛄芸

けらげい

being a jack of all trades and master of none

螻蛄才

けらざい

being a jack of all trades and master of none

川螻蛄

かわげら

stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)

飛螻蛄

とびけら

caddisfly

Example Sentences

5

にわでけらをみつけた。

I found a mole cricket in the garden.

けらはつちのなかをよくほる。

Mole crickets are good at digging through the soil.

はたけのなえがけらにくわれた。

The seedlings in the field were eaten by mole crickets.

こどものころ、けらをむしかごでかった。

When I was a child, I kept a mole cricket in an insect cage.

あめのあと、みちばたにけらがでてきた。

After the rain, a mole cricket came out by the roadside.