Search Terms: *蛍*
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noun
1.
fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light
2.
person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
Other readings:
蛍光燈【けいこうとう】[1]
、螢光灯【けいこうとう】[1]
、螢光燈【けいこうとう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm(usually kana)
Other readings:
ほたる《螢》[1]
、ホタル
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp(usually kana)
Other readings:
ウミホタル
noun
•
diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow), diligent study
Other readings:
螢雪【けいせつ】
expression
•
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
•
Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメボタル