夏の虫（なつのむし）

Japanese vocabulary

Meaning: summer insect; (like a) moth flying into the flame

Idioms & proverbs containing “夏の虫”

• 飛んで火に入る夏の虫 (とんでひにいるなつのむし) — rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame

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