草鞋虫

Japanese
Kanji in this term
草 鞋 虫
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji むし
Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) わらじ​むし [wàrájíꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
    • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠ʑi mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Alternative forms

Noun

草鞋虫 (hiragana わらじむし, katakana ワラジムシ, rōmaji waraji mushi, historical hiragana わらぢむし)

  1. a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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