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Japanese
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| 僞瓢蟲 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 天道虫 (tentō-mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”) + 騙し (damashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 騙す (damasu), "to deceive"). The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 偽瓢蟲, literally, "imitation ladybird". (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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Noun
偽瓢虫 or 偽瓢虫 • (tentō-mushi-damashi) ←てんたうむしだまし (tentaumusidamasi)?
- handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
- (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
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