船食虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
船	食	虫
ふな Grade: 2	く(い) Grade: 2	むし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
船食蟲 (kyūjitai) 船喰虫

Etymology

船 (funa, “ship”) +‎ 食い (kui, “eating”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm; bug”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふなく​いむし [fùnákúꜜìmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝna̠kɯ̟ᵝimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

船(ふな)食(くい)虫(むし) or 船食虫(フナクイムシ) • (funakuimushi) ^{←ふなくひむし (funakufimusi) or フナクヒムシ (funakufimusi)?}

1. a shipworm