てんとう蟲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟲
むし
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of てんとう蟲 – see the following entry.
【天道虫てんとうむし】
[noun] a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae)
[noun] synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
(This term, てんとう蟲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (てんとう虫) of the above term.)
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