むし

虫

insect

mushi

Quiz

JLPT: N4
Frequency: #4,134

Meanings

1
insect; bug; cricketnoun
2
worm; roundwormnoun
3
thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconsciousnoun

JMdict 1426680

In a sentence

How it works

が (subject) points out 虫(むし) (bug) as the subject of the feeling. 怖い(こわい) (scary) is an i-adjective doing the work of the whole predicate — no separate verb needed. The final の (?) is a soft spoken question marker, gentler and more curious than か (question), often used when checking in on someone.

Written with

虫insect6 strokes