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ひいる【蛾】 : hiiru | define meaning
hiiru
Definition
Noun
- Moth; silkworm moth
Etymology
Attested under the entry fiirou (fiiru) "papillon du ver à soie (silkworm moth)" in the Dictionnaire Japonais-Français (1868), by Léon Pagés, page 315. Attested under the entry hiiru "The moth of a silkworm" in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), by James Curtis Hepburn, page 125. Historically attested under the spelling ひひる hihiru.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 蛾 |
Kana | ひいる |
Romanization | hiiru |
意味:が【蛾】、かいこが【蚕蛾・蠶蛾】
蛾
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2015, October 31). ひいる【蛾】 : hiiru | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3894/hiiru/.