# What is the Japanese word for "bug"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-japanese-word-for-bug/6557 "2000-01-22T06:12:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cool\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@Cool\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cool_Hand)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-japanese-word-for-bug/6557/1 "2000-01-22T06:12:00Z")

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I don’t have enough space to explain why I need to know this, trust me… you do not want to know.

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