蛍ほたる
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
Kanji used
firefly
Pitch accent
ほ
たる
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Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
fluorite; fluorspar
firefly watching; firefly catching
firefly watching; firefly catching
smokers forced to smoke outside; (lit.) firefly tribe
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii); seed shrimp
Auld Lang Syne; Hotarunohikari
Lithospermum zollingeri (violet species)
Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
Pidorus glaucopis (species of moth)
Examples (4 in total)
There were lots of fireflies.
The cave is full of fireflies.
Have you ever even seen a firefly?