suzumebachi 雀蜂

Translation

suzumebachi means "Hornet", "Yellowjacket" or "Wasp" in English.

Vespinae vs. Wasp

suzumebachi 雀蜂 refers to the subfamily Vespinae. All Vespinae are Wasps, so you can always translate suzumebachi スズメバチ to "Wasp," but some Wasps aren't Vespinae, so you can't always translate "Wasp" to suzumebachi スズメバチ.

suzumebachi written with kanji is 雀蜂.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

suzumebachi written with katakana is スズメバチ.
suzumebachi written with hiragana is すずめばち.

suzumebachi may also be written as 胡蜂.

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

European Hornet

Yellowjacket

oo-suzumebachi オオスズメバチ

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