Translation

The Japanese word for "Wasp" is hachi ハチ.

  • Bee vs. Hornet vs. Wasp
    Bees, Hornets, Waps, and Ant, are all members of the order Hymenoptera. Bees are considered a clade, called Anthophila. Hornets are a genus, called Vespa. Wasps are any members of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that's not a Bee or an Ant. In other words, a Hornet is a Wasp. In some countries, "Wasp" refers to a kind of Wasp, the Yellowjacket. In Japanese, hachi ハチ refers to members of the Hymenoptera in general. There aren't terms that match Wasp and Hornet, although suzumebachi 雀蜂 may refer to the subfamily Vespinae, which includes Hornets and some Wasps.[1][2]
Romaji ha chi
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
School Level

Loan-word

The word "Wasp" katakanized would be wasupu ワスプ.
Romaji wa su pu
Katakana
Hiragana

Synonyms

Bee.

Further Reading

Wikipedia: Wasp (ワスプ)
  1. Wasp - en.wikipedia.org, accessed .
  2. Yellowjacket - en.wikipedia.org, accessed .
Paper Wasp.