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：2026/01/08
蝮
Hiragana
まむし
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
broadly
Japanese Meaning
毒蛇の一種、日本に生息するマムシ。また、一般にクサリヘビ科の毒蛇を指すこともある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
どくのあるへびのなまえ。ひとをこわがらせるが、わるくないひとのたとえや、ゆびのなまえにもつかう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本蝮（蝮蛇的一种） / 蝮蛇、蝮类毒蛇（引申义） / “蝮指”的简称，指短粗的手指
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本蝮（蝮蛇屬的日本種；亦泛指蝮蛇） / 比喻：令人畏懼但並無害的人 / （簡稱）蝮指；拇指短粗的手指形態
Korean Meaning
일본살모사(마무시) / 남들이 두려워하지만 해를 끼치지 않는 사람 / ‘마무시손가락’의 준말
Indonesian
mamushi (ular kapak Jepang, Gloydius blomhoffii) / (kiasan) orang yang ditakuti tetapi tidak membahayakan / singkatan dari まむし指: ibu jari pendek-tebal
Vietnamese Meaning
Rắn mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii); nói rộng: rắn lục hố. / Người bị người khác sợ nhưng không gây hại. / (Viết tắt của まむし指) ngón cái ngắn, bè.
Tagalog Meaning
mamushi, isang uri ng ulupong na makamandag (Gloydius blomhoffii) / taong kinatatakutan ngunit walang ginagawang pinsala / daglat ng “mamushi-yubi”: maikli at malapad na hinlalaki
Sense（1）
Short for 日本蝮 (“mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)”).
Sense（2）
(by extension) a pit viper, adder
Sense（3）
person who is feared by others but gives no harm
Sense（4）
Short for まむし指.
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
Short for 日本蝮 (“mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii)”). / (by extension) a pit viper, adder / person who is feared by others but gives no harm / Short for まむし指.
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蝮
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In this mountain, you must be careful of mamushi.
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この山では、蝮に注意しなければなりません。
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