Illustration: In a compact vegetable plot behind a Japanese house, a gardener lifts the outer leaf of a cabbage and discovers a plump caterpillar chewing directly through its edge. Nearby leaves have irregular holes, and small droppings sit below the feeding insect.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

害がい虫ちゅう

gaichuu

insect pest

Example sentences

  1. 殺虫剤さっちゅうざいとは、植物しょくぶつに害がいを与あたえる害虫がいちゅうを防除ぼうじょする農薬のうやくのこと。

    Insecticides are agricultural chemicals that exterminate insects harmful to plants.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 残飯ざんぱんの屑くずは害虫がいちゅうの住処すみかになる。

    Garbage harbors vermin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 農作物のうさくもつの害虫がいちゅうを駆逐くちくし、その年としの豊作ほうさくを祈願きがんする目的もくてきで行おこなわれる。

    It is held in order to destroy insects harmful to crops and to pray for a good harvest for the year.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 害虫

  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ
  • 虫insect; bugOnチュウ・キKunむし

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