かいこ
Kaiko
Other forms: 蠶
Also read: カイコ
蚕 (Kaiko) is a Japanese noun meaning “silkworm (Bombyx mori)”.
Meanings
- nounsilkworm (Bombyx mori)
Examples
蚕は繭を作る。
Silkworms spin cocoons.
これらがカイコがその葉を常食とする木です。
These are the trees on the leaves of which silkworms live.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).