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KANJI
蚊
mosquito
Kun'yomi
かka
On'yomi
ぶんbun
Example sentences
昨さく夜やは蚊かの羽は音おとがうるさくて、なかなか寝ねつけなかった。
Last night, the buzzing of mosquitoes was so loud that I couldn't easily fall asleep.
夏なつ場ばは窓まどを開あけ放はなしにすると、蚊かが入はいってくるから注意ちゅういが必要ひつようだ。
During summer, if you leave the windows wide open, mosquitoes will come in, so caution is necessary.
この地域ちいきでは、梅雨つゆ明あけとともに蚊かが大量たいりょう発生はっせいするので、早はやめの対策たいさくが求もとめられる。
In this region, mosquitoes proliferate in large numbers as soon as the rainy season ends, so early countermeasures are required.

Practice exercises

1
蚊柱ばしら
swarm of mosquitoes
Answer
かばしら
2
蚊の鳴なくような声こえ
a very faint voice (literally: a voice like a mosquito's buzz)
Answer
かのなくようなこえ
3
蚊
Answer
mosquito
4
蚊
Answer
か
5
蚊取とり線せん香こう
mosquito coil
Answer
かとりせんこう
6
蚊帳やの外そと
left out, excluded (literally: outside the mosquito net)
Answer
かやのそと