石筍

せきじゅん

stalagmite

筍干

しゅんかん

dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots

筍貝

たけのこがい

auger shell (Terebra subulata), terebra

筍生活

たけのこせいかつ

selling one's personal effects in order to live

筍医者

たけのこいしゃ

inexperienced doctor, quack

雨後の筍

うごのたけのこ うごのタケノコ

similar things turning up one after another, bamboo shoots after rain

虫

むし

insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm

星虫

ほしむし ホシムシ

peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)

恙虫

つつがむし ツツガムシ

chigger, jigger, harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)

沙虫

いさごむし

caddis worm, caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)

葉虫

はむし ハムシ

leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)

虫腹

むしばら

stomach pain due to worms

皮虫

かわむし

hairy caterpillar

虫狩

むしかり ムシカリ

viburnum, Viburnum furcatum

酒虫

さかむし さけむし しゅちゅう

mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)

条虫

じょうちゅう

cestode, tapeworm

船虫

ふなむし フナムシ

wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)

松虫

まつむし マツムシ

pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)

虫害

ちゅうがい

insect damage