JLPT N1 · Noun

昆虫 (konchuu)

昆虫 (こんちゅう, konchuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “insect; bug”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こんちゅう
Romaji
konchuu
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. insect; bug · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

趣味は昆虫を集めることです。
My hobby is collecting insects.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 昆虫

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 昆虫.

Source: JMdict entry 1289980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.