Word Meaning 金喰い虫

かねくいむし kanekuimushi

金喰い虫 is read as かねくいむし (kanekuimushi) and means money loser.

Meaning

English

  1. money loser
  2. high-cost, low-return project

Reading

Kana

かねくいむし

Romaji

kanekuimushi

Writing Variants

  • 金食い虫 かねくいむし kanekuimushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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山原手長黄金虫

やんばるてながこがね

Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)

陰金田虫

いんきんたむし

ringworm (of the groin)

針金虫

はりがねむし

wireworm (click beetle larva)

黄金虫

こがねむし

Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)

黄金虫

おうごんちゅう

The Gold-Bug (short story by Edgar Allan Poe, 1843)

心喰虫

しんくいむし

any moth whose larvae feed on fruit

根喰葉虫

ねくいはむし

leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae)

稲根喰葉虫

いねねくいはむし

Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)

襤褸団扇船喰虫

ぼろうちわふなくいむし

Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)

飯島虫喰

いいじまむしくい

Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)

仙台虫喰

せんだいむしくい

eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)

羽衣虫喰

はごろもむしくい

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)