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蜉蝣
Hiragana
かげろう / ふゆう
Noun
broadly
Japanese Meaning
カゲロウ。昆虫の一種で、水辺で一生のほとんどを幼虫として過ごし、成虫になってからの寿命が非常に短いことで知られる。 / （比喩的）きわめてはかないもの、すぐに消え去ってしまうもののたとえ。儚さの象徴。
Easy Japanese Meaning
とてもみじかいあいだだけいきるむしのなまえで、いのちがはかないこともあらわすことば
Sense（1）
a mayfly
Sense（2）
(by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)
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a mayfly / (by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)
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蜉蝣
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The lifespan of a mayfly is short.
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蜉蝣の生涯は短いです。
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