てんとうむし

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Japanese

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天道虫
a ladybird (UK), ladybug (US), lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae)
Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis
(This term, てんとうむし (tentōmushi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)