蔓延る[habikoru] to spread
芋蔓[imozuru] sweet-potato vines
芋蔓式[imozurushiki] one after another
金蔓[kanezuru] source of revenue
蔓延[manen] spread (e.g. of a disease)

手蔓[tezuru] connections
日陰蔓[hikagenokazura] running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum)
甘茶蔓[amachazuru] jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
蔦蔓[tsutakazura] ivy and vines
蔓草[tsurukusa] vine

ランブル鞭毛虫[ranburubenmouchuu] giardia (flagellate protozoan)
ランブル鞭毛虫症[ranburubenmouchuushou] giardiasis
いも虫[imomushi] hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫[ekichuu] useful insect
円虫類[enchuurui] round worms

夏虫[natsumushi] summer insect
蛔虫[kaichuu] roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
害虫[gaichuu] harmful insect
鈎虫[kouchuu] hookworm
寄生虫[kiseichuu] parasite

蝦夷[ezo] peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
青竜蝦[shako] mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
車蝦[kurumaebi] kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)
蝦蟆[hikigaeru] toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
蝦虎魚[haze] goby (fish)

竜蝦[iseebi] spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
蝦夷松[ezomatsu] Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)
蝦夷菊[ezogiku] Chinese aster
蝦腰[ebigoshi] bent (with age)