のり弁

のりべん

nori bento

虫の声

むしのこえ

singing of insects (esp. in autumn), sound of insects

虫の音

むしのね

calls and sounds made by insects

腹の虫

はらのむし

roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), mawworm, intestinal worm

虫の息

むしのいき

faint breath, dying whisper, at death's door

芸の虫

げいのむし

devotee of the arts

疳の虫

かんのむし

convulsions (in a child), nervousness, short-temperedness

本の虫

ほんのむし

bookworm, bibliophile, bibliophage

ソクラテスの弁明

Apology (Plato); The Apology of Socrates

蘇張の弁

そちょうのべん

skilful debate, well-constructed debate

仕事の虫

しごとのむし

workaholic, person who is totally devoted to his work

木の葉虫

このはむし コノハムシ

leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)

稲の螟虫

いねのずいむし

striped stem borer larva

虫のいい

むしのいい

selfish

弁

べん

speech, tongue, talk, eloquence

虫

むし

insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm

幕の内弁当

まくのうちべんとう

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

過度の弁解

かどのべんかい

profuse apology

日の丸弁当

ひのまるべんとう

hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)