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ひいる【蛾】

hiiru

Definition

Noun

  1. Moth; silkworm moth

Etymology

Attested under the entry fiirou (fiiru) "papillon du ver à soie (silkworm moth)" in the Dictionnaire Japonais-Français (1868), by Léon Pagés, page 315. Attested under the entry hiiru "The moth of a silkworm" in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), by James Curtis Hepburn, page 125. Historically attested under the spelling ひひる hihiru.

意味:が【蛾】、かいこが【蚕蛾・蠶蛾】

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