Vocab Info
N1 Noun
蜻蛉dragonfly, damselfly
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dragonfly, damselfly
Noun
1.
dragonfly
Usually written using kana alone
All Forms
蜻蛉 【とんぼ】、蜻蛉 【とんぼう】、蜻蜓 【とんぼ】、蜻蜓 【とんぼう】、蜻蜒 【とんぼ】、蜻蜒 【とんぼう】、トンボ
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ヤゴが成虫になると蜻蛉になります。
When the nymph matures, it becomes a dragonfly.
蜻蛉の頭部にある目は大きく突出しています。
The eyes on a dragonfly's head are large and bulging.
腹部が長い棒状で単眼が三つある昆虫はトンボである。
An insect with a long, stick-like abdomen and three simple eyes is a dragonfly.
蜻蛉は成虫でも幼虫でも他の昆虫を捕食すると聞きました。
I've heard that dragonflies hunt other insects both as adults and larvae.
虫取り網で狙っていた蜻蛉を捕まえた時の嬉しさといったらない。
I was over the moon when I finally caught the dragonfly I'd been chasing with my bug net.
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