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偽瓢虫
Hiragana
にせてんとうむし / てんとうむしだまし
Kanji
天道虫騙し
Noun
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
テントウムシに似た甲虫の一種で、主にキノコなどの菌類を食べる「ハンサムタケムシ」（エンドミキス科 Endomychidae の甲虫）の総称。 / 俗に、ナス科作物の害虫として知られる「ニジュウヤホシテントウ」（学名 Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata）を指すこともある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
きのこやかびがあるところにすむ小さなむしで，てんとうむしににている
Sense（1）
handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
Sense（2）
(colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
（ romanization ）
（ romanization ）
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（ hiragana historical ）
（ hiragana ）
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handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae) / (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
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偽瓢虫
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This fake ladybug looks so much like a real one that it's hard to tell the difference.
This fake ladybug looks so much like a real one that it's hard to tell the difference.
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この偽瓢虫は本物の瓢虫と見分けがつかないほど似ています。
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