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A3 Noun

蚕(かいこ)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(かいこ)はカイコガの幼虫(ようちゅう)です。

      Silkworm is the larva of the Bombyx mori moth.

    • 孵化(ふか)したての蚕(かいこ)は黒(くろ)くて小(ちい)さいらしい。

      Newly hatched silkworms are said to be black and small.

    • 蚕(かいこ)は桑(くわ)の葉(は)を食(た)べて普通(ふつう)４(よん)回(かい)脱皮(だっぴ)をします。

      The silkworm eats mulberry leaves and usually molts four times.

    • 生糸(きいと)は蚕(かいこ)が蛹(さなぎ)になるために作(つく)った繭(まゆ)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(かいこ)から生糸(きいと)をとる養蚕(ようさん)が全国(ぜんこく)に普及(ふきゅう)したのは近世(きんせい)以降(いこう)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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