| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| ่ | ใใฟ | ใปใ |
Pronunciation: semi
How to Say It Outloud: seh-mee
Usage: Commonly used to refer to the insect known as cicada.
Example Sentence Japanese:
ๅ
ฌๅใงใใใใใฎ่ใ้ณดใใฆใใพใใ
Example Sentence English:
Many cicadas are singing in the park.
Dictionary
่ใใฟCommon word
Noun- cicada; locust
- small-sized pulley
- Cicada
็ฉบ่ใใคใใฟ
Noun- one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; this life; temporal things
- cast-off cicada shell; cicada
ใฟใใฟใ่ใฟใใฟใใใฟ
Noun- robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis); mingming cicada
ๅ่ใใใใฟ
Noun- voiceless cicada (female); Asian cicada
ๆฒน่ใใถใใใฟ
Noun- large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
- Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
ๅค่ใใใใฟ
Noun- cicada singing at dusk
่ๅฃฐใใใใ
Noun- cicada singing
ๆพ่ใพใคใใฟ
Noun- cicada abundant in late spring
ใซใใซใ่ใซใใซใใใฟ
Noun- Kaempfer cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)
ๆฅ่ใฏใใใฟ
Noun- spring cicada (Terpnosia vacua)
่ฉใฒใใใ
Noun- evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
- Tanna japonensis
้ณดใ่ใใใ้ณดใใฌ่ใ่บซใ็ฆใใใชใใใฟใใใใชใใฌใปใใใใฟใใใใ
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Godan verb with 'su' ending
- empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
ใใใใใใใใ
Adverb (fukushi)- sizzle (sound of meat cooking)
- shrill droning of a cicada
ๅค่ใชใคใใฟ
Noun- summer cicadas
ๅ่ใฏใคใใฟ
Noun- first sound of cicadas of the year
่ๆ้จใใฟใใใ
Noun- outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas
็ง่ใใใใฟ
Noun- cicadas that sing when autumn comes
็งใฎ่ใใใฎใใฟ
Noun- cicadas that sing when autumn comes
- cicadas that sing even in autumn
ๅฏ่ใใใใฟ
Noun- cicadas which sing in late autumn
ใฟใใฟใใฟใใฟใ
Adverb (fukushi)Adverb taking the 'to' particle
- sound of the cicadas
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