衣虱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣	虱
ころも Grade: 4	しらみ > じらみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

衣蝨

Etymology

衣 (koromo, “clothes”) +‎ 虱 (“sucking louse”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ころもじらみ [kòrómójíꜜràmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞mo̞ʑiɾa̠mʲi]

Noun

衣虱 (hiragana ころもじらみ, katakana コロモジラミ, rōmaji koromojirami)

a body louse (Pediculus humanus)

See also

人 (ヒト)虱 (ジラミ) (hitojirami)
頭 (アタマ)虱 (ジラミ) (atamajirami)

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