Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
じん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
goon kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
水蚤

Etymology edit

From 微塵 (mijin, small fragment or piece) +‎ (-ko, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(じん)() or 微塵子(ミジンコ) (mijinkoみぢんこ (midinko) or ミヂンコ (midinko)?

  1. a water flea of the genus Daphnia

Derived terms edit

References edit

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