床虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
床	虫
とこ Grade: S	むし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

床 (toko, “bed”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) とこむし [tòkóꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞mɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

床虫 (hiragana とこむし, katakana トコムシ, rōmaji tokomushi)

bedbug

Synonyms

(bedbug): 床虱 (とこじらみ) (tokojirami), 南京虫 (なんきんむし) (nankinmushi)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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