ゴキブリ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 蜚蠊

Etymology

From 御器かぶり (gokikaburi), which came from 御器 (goki, “dish”) + かぶり (kaburi, “biting”). Up until the Meiji era, this used to be the word for "cockroach". Due to typographical errors, the か became omitted. The original form still exists today in certain dialects, and furthermore there are variations of it across dialects as well.

Noun

ゴキブリ or ごきぶり • (gokiburi)  (counter 匹)

1. a cockroach

Synonyms

• 油虫 (Kansai)
• G (G)