Illustration: On a sunny apartment balcony, a child carefully waters a planter of flowering herbs. A butterfly has landed on the tip of the watering can’s spout, holding its broad patterned wings together above its body. Its slender body, six legs, and club-tipped antennae are clearly visible.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

蝶ちょう

chou

butterfly

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは美うつくしい蝶ちょうを捕つかまえた。

    I caught a beautiful butterfly.

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  2. この芋虫いもむしがきれいな蝶ちょうになるのだ。

    This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.

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  3. それは蝶ちょうですか、それとも蛾がですか。

    Is it a butterfly or a moth?

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Kanji in 蝶

  • 蝶butterflyOnチョウ

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