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Where does “草鞋虫” come from?

草鞋虫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 草鞋, from Japanese 靴 — footwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes.

草鞋虫 (Japanese): a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball

Definitions

  1. a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball

Ancestry of “草鞋虫”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草鞋traditional Japanese straw sandals; traditional...
2Japanese靴footwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes
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