Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てんとうむしだまし
Grade: S Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
僞瓢蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 天道虫(テントウムシ) (tentō-mushi, ladybird, ladybug) + (だま) (damashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of (だま) (damasu), "to deceive"). The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 偽瓢蟲, literally, "imitation ladybird". (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んとーむしだまし [tèńtóómúshídáꜜmàshì] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞nto̞ːmɯ̟ᵝɕida̠ma̠ɕi]

Noun

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偽瓢虫(てんとうむしだまし) or 偽瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) (tentō-mushi-damashiてんたうむしだまし (tentaumusidamasi) or テンタウムシダマシ (tentaumusidamasi)?

  1. handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
  2. (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN