南京虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	京	虫
なん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2	むし Grade: 1

Etymology

南京 (Nankin, “Nanjing”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なんきんむし [nàńkíꜜǹmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋʲkʲĩmːɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

南京虫 (hiragana なんきんむし, katakana ナンキンムシ, rōmaji nankinmushi)

bedbug

Synonyms

(bedbug): 床虱 (とこじらみ) (tokojirami), 床虫 (とこむし) (tokomushi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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