Word Meaning てんとう虫

てんとうむし tentoumushi

てんとう虫 is read as てんとうむし (tentoumushi) and means ladybug (Harmonia axyridis).

Meaning

English

ladybug (Harmonia axyridis)
ladybird

Reading

Kana

てんとうむし

Romaji

tentoumushi

Writing Variants

紅娘てんとうむし tentoumushi
天道虫 てんとうむし tentoumushi
瓢虫てんとうむし tentoumushi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 143409 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

虫

むし

mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

害虫

がいちゅう

harmful insect

弱虫

よわむし

coward

毛虫

けむし

hairy caterpillar

寄生虫

きせいちゅう

parasite

幼虫

ようちゅう

larva

水虫

みずむし

Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

成虫

せいちゅう

imago

防虫

ぼうちゅう

protection from insects

苦虫

にがむし

bitter-tasting bug

殺虫

さっちゅう

killing insects or pests

山原手長黄金虫

やんばるてながこがね

Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)

Example Sentences

「でんでん虫って、なんてデカいんだ」と、てんとう虫は言いました。

"A snail is fucking big", said the ladybird.