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5 毛虫 Caterpillar

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Meaning

Primary

Caterpillar

Word Type

noun

Explanation

When you think of a fur insect what do you think of? My mind immediately goes to a caterpillar. Imagine the furriest caterpillar you can and touch it. How does it feel? Furry?

Reading

けむし

Explanation

The readings for this word are strange. Both use the kun'yomi readings - 虫 uses the reading you learned with the kanji, so that's easy. The 毛 part is like the vocab word 毛 you learned in the previous lesson.

Context

Context Sentences

キャベツに毛虫がついていました。

There was a caterpillar on the cabbage.

毛虫かと思ったら妹のつけまだった。

I thought it was a caterpillar, but it was actually my sister's fake eyelashes.

私は巨大な毛虫と巨大なムカデが戦っているところをビデオに収めた。

I videotaped a giant caterpillar fighting a giant centipede.

Kanji Composition

  • 毛
    • もう
    • Fur
  • 虫
    • むし
    • Insect
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