Keyword
bee
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1684
Readings
はち
(61%)
はつ
(19%)
ほう
(10%)
ばち
(8%)
Composed of
insect
late winter
lush
Used in vocabulary (109 in total)
bee; wasp; hornet
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
uprising; revolt
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
queen bee; queen wasp
beekeeping; apiculture
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
worker bee; hard worker
wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva; hornet larva
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
beekeeper; apiarist
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
popular uprising; mass uprising
hive; beehive
drone (bee)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
spider wasp; pompilid
parasitoid wasp; parasitic wasp; parasitic bee
bee venom; bee poison
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
hive; beehive
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
hummingbird (Trochilidae family)
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
scoliid wasp (any wasp of family Scoliidae)
swarming (of honey bees); ball of bees; bee ball
horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
chalcid (fly, wasp); chalcis (fly)
hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
worker bee; hard worker
Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)
beehive; hive; honeycomb
brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
beehive; hive; honeycomb
potter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae); mason wasp
gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp
queen (bee)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina); Asian predatory wasp
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
potter wasp (esp. species Eumenes mikado)
Western honeybee; European honeybee (Apis mellifera)
digger wasp
ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae spp.); ichneumon fly
wood wasp
Hymenoptera
braconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)
hunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
hunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
Colony Collapse Disorder; Vanishing Bee Syndrome
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
hunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)
phlegmon in floor of oral cavity; Ludwig's angina
bee (any insect of the clade Anthophila)
ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Anna's woodpecker (Calypte anna)
cut-tailed bullhead (species of catfish, Pseudobagrus aurantiacus)
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
mining bee (of family Andrenidae)
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet
yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
aphelinid wasp (Encarsia formosa)
Examples (32 in total)
They worked hard like so many bees.
Ouch!! I've been stung by a bee!!
The bee flew to the flower.