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Japanese
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| 殺人スズメバチ (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
殺人 (“murder”) + スズメバチ (“hornet”). From being a hornet; and its propensity of killing off colonies of honeybees and its ability to kill people, dozens of people a year in Japan.
Noun
殺人スズメバチ • (satsujin suzumebachi)
- (informal) Japanese giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica)
- (informal, by extension) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
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