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Search Terms: 虻*

Dictionary results(showing 3 results)

あぶ
あぶ
abu
View dictionary entryView details for kanji: 虻
noun
•
horsefly, gadfly(usually kana)
Other readings:
あぶ《蝱》[1]
、
あむ《虻》[2]
、
あむ《蝱》[1][2]
、
アブ
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. out-dated or obsolete kana usage
あぶはち
あぶはち
abuhachi
View dictionary entryView details for kanji: 虻View details for kanji: 蜂
noun
•
horsefly and bee, horsefly and wasp
See also:虻蜂取らず (あぶはちとらず)
Other readings:
アブハチ
あぶはちと
あぶはちとらず
abuhachitorazu
View dictionary entryView details for kanji: 虻View details for kanji: 蜂View details for kanji: 取
expression
•
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither, falling between two stools, catching neither the horsefly nor the bee(idiom )
Other readings:
あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらず】
、
アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらず】
、
虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらず】

Kanji results(showing 1 results)

虻
Written with 9 strokes

View kanji entry
gadfly, horsefly
KUN:
  • あぶ
    abu
ON:
  • ボウ
    bou

Sentence results (showing 1 results)

み
見た
こと
も
ない
ような
かず
数
の
あぶ
虻
が
、
わたし
私
に
まとわりついて
きた
のです
More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me