104 results for 虻

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  1. Noun

    horsefly; gadfly

    Usually written using kana alone

    見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。
    More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.

Also written 蝱【あぶ】

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虻
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gadfly, horsefly

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あぶ
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Strokes
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Radical
虫 insect

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虫亡亠
Words starting with 虻Words ending in 虻Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-6-3SKIP code
6d3.2The Kanji Dictionary
5011.0Four corner code
867bUnicode hex code
1-16-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4117Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5277New Nelson (John Haig)
1134Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32835Morohashi
meng2Pinyin reading
maengKorean reading

More words

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虻蜂あぶはち

Nounhorsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

虻蜂取らずあぶはちとらず

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee

Words starting with 虻

虻蜂あぶはち

Nounhorsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

虻蜂取らずあぶはちとらず

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee

Words ending in 虻

吊虻つりあぶ

Nounbee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)

水虻みずあぶ

Nounsoldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)

牛虻うしあぶ

NounTabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)

盲虻めくらあぶ

Noundeerfly (Chrysops suavis)

花虻はなあぶ

Nounhoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid · drone fly (Eristalis tenax)

Sentences

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見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。

More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.

Break it down Tatoeba

その提案一石二鳥を狙ったものだろうけど、「虻蜂とらず」にならなければいいけどね。

That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.

Break it down Tatoeba

そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。

Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.

Break it down Tatoeba

Names

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虻ガ島あぶがしま

Abugashima

Place name
虻トンネルあぶトンネル

Abu Tunnel

Place name
虻官あさお

Asao

Unclassified name