Search Terms: *蝉*
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noun
1.
cicada, locust
2.
small-sized pulley
Other readings:
蝉【せび】[2]
、蟬【せみ】[1]
、蟬【せび】[1][2]
、セミ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata), aburazemi(usually kana)
Other readings:
あぶらぜみ《鳴蜩》
、アブラゼミ
noun
•
annoying noise, fruitless argument, useless controversy(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
man of this world, the real world, temporal things
2.
cast-off cicada shell, cicada(only relevant for 空蝉 and 虚蝉)
Other readings:
空蝉【うつそみ】[1][2]
、虚蝉【うつせみ】[1]
、虚蝉【うつそみ】[1][2]
、現人【うつせみ】
、現人【うつそみ】[2]
、現人【うつしおみ】[2]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)(usually kana)
Other readings:
えぞぜみ《蝦夷蟬》[1]
、エゾゼミ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)(usually kana)
Other readings:
クマゼミ
noun
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blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セミエビ
noun
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outburst of cicadas singing, chorus of cicadas(idiom )
Other readings:
蝉しぐれ【せみしぐれ】
、セミ時雨【セミしぐれ】
、せみ時雨【せみしぐれ】
noun
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Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セミホウボウ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツノゼミ
expression
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empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada(proverb)
Other readings:
鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】
noun
•
slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメセミエビ
noun
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Euterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメハルゼミ