南京虫

Japanese edit

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南京虫

Kanji in this term
南	京	虫
なん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2	むし Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
南京蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

南京 (Nankin, “Nanjing”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) なんきんむし [nàńkíꜜǹmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩmːɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun edit

南(なん)京(きん)虫(むし) or 南京虫(ナンキンムシ) • (nankinmushi)

bedbug

Synonyms edit

(bedbug): 床虱(とこじらみ) (tokojirami), 床虫(とこむし) (tokomushi)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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