草鞋虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	鞋	虫
わらじ		むし Grade: 1
Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji	むし Grade: 1
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
草鞋蟲 (kyūjitai) 鼠姑

Etymology

草鞋(わらじ) (waraji, “straw sandals”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わらじむし [wàrájíꜜ mùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠ʑi mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

草鞋(わらじ)虫(むし) or 草鞋虫(ワラジムシ) • (waraji mushi) ^{←わらぢむし (waradimusi)^?}

a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball

See also

団子虫(だんごむし) (dangomushi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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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