Word Meaning 金食い虫

かねくいむし kanekuimushi

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

Meaning

English

money loser
high-cost, low-return project

Reading

Kana

かねくいむし

Romaji

kanekuimushi

Writing Variants

金喰い虫 かねくいむし kanekuimushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 83914 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

山原手長黄金虫

やんばるてながこがね

Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)

米食い虫

こめくいむし

rice weevil

木食い虫

きくいむし

bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)

針金虫

はりがねむし

wireworm (click beetle larva)

船食虫

ふなくいむし

shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis)

食虫

しょくちゅう

insectivore

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)

金環日食

きんかんにっしょく

annular solar eclipse

金環食

きんかんしょく

annular eclipse

松食虫

まつくいむし

insects harmful to pine trees

陰金田虫

いんきんたむし

ringworm (of the groin)

Example Sentences

めったに乗らないヨットなんてただの金食い虫だ。

It's just throwing money away to have a yacht you rarely use.