セミ

See also: ゼミ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of セミ – see the following entry.

【蝉せみ】H [noun] generic name for a cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera); locust (chiefly US) [noun] the back part a 横笛 (yokobue, “Japanese transverse flute”), about one centimeter from the embouchure hole, usually shaped like a cicada (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [noun] a small pulley used to raise objects to high places [noun] (by extension) a pulley used to lift sails in a 和船 (wasen, “Japanese-style ship”) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

(This term, セミ (semi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)