殺人スズメバチ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殺	人
さつ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
殺人スズメバチ (kyūjitai)

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(さつ)人(じん)スズメバチ • (satsujin suzumebachi)

(informal) Japanese giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica)
(informal, by extension) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

Synonyms

大雀蜂(おおすずめばち) (ōsuzumebachi)
大胡蜂(オオスズメバチ) (ōsuzumebachi)

Hypernyms

雀蜂(すずめばち) (suzumebachi)

Descendants

English: murder hornet

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