てんとうむし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんとうむし – see the following entry.

【天道虫】 [noun] a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae) [noun] Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis Alternative spellings てんとう虫, 瓢虫, 紅娘, テントウムシ

(This term, てんとうむし (tentōmushi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)