Word Meaning 雪虫

ゆきむし yukimushi

雪虫 is read as ゆきむし (yukimushi) and means flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly).

Meaning

English

  1. flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)
  2. flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid)

Reading

Kana

ゆきむし

Romaji

yukimushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 142671 Priority W

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