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スズメバチ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae)
2. Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Alt. forms
スズメバチ
87%
雀すずめ蜂ばち
7%
スズメ蜂ばち
4%
すずめばち
1%
胡すずめ蜂ばち
Pitch accent
ス
ズメ
バチ
Used in: 121
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
European hornet (Vespa crabro)
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
Examples (3 in total)
A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
"Have you ever been stung by a wasp?" "Yes – once, as a child."
In summer it eats birds' eggs, wasps' larvae, berries and honey.