Translation

maruhanabachi means "Bumblebee" in English.

maruhanabachi is normally written with katakana, as マルハナバチ.
maruhanabachi written with hiragana is まるはなばち.
maruhanabachi written with kanji is 丸花蜂.
These are jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in junior high, chuugakkou 中学校.
Romaji ma ru ha na ba chi
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Meaning Round Flower Bee
School Level 小2 小1

Orthography Notes

  • hachi はち becomes bachi ばち in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.

Synonyms

Scientific name: Bombus.

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