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A3 Noun
蚕silkworm (Bombyx mori)
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silkworm (Bombyx mori)
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蚕 【かいこ】、蠶 【かいこ】、カイコ
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蚕はカイコガの幼虫です。
Silkworm is the larva of the Bombyx mori moth.
孵化したての蚕は黒くて小さいらしい。
Newly hatched silkworms are said to be black and small.
蚕は桑の葉を食べて普通4回脱皮をします。
The silkworm eats mulberry leaves and usually molts four times.
生糸は蚕が蛹になるために作った繭からとれます。
Raw silk can be obtained from the cocoon made by the silkworm for it to become a pupa.
蚕から生糸をとる養蚕が全国に普及したのは近世以降だとか。
It is said that sericulture, which involves obtaining raw silk from silkworms, spread nationwide after the early modern period.
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