🎐 NATURE · 2026-07-02

夏を生きる虫、セミ

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夏なつになると、日本にほんの木きでたくさんのセミが鳴なきます。

セミの子こどもは、長ながい間あいだ、土つちの中なかで育そだちます。

七年しちねんも土つちの中なかでくらすセミもいます。

地上ちじょうに出でたセミは、木きに登のぼって、皮かわをぬぎます。

大人おとなになったセミの命いのちはとても短みじかく、たった数週間すうしゅうかんほどです。

短みじかい夏なつの間あいだ、セミは力ちからいっぱい鳴なくのです。

TRANSLATION

When summer comes, many cicadas sing in the trees in Japan.

Cicada larvae grow in the ground for a long time.

Some cicadas live in the ground for as long as seven years.

When a cicada comes above ground, it climbs a tree and sheds its skin.

An adult cicada's life is very short — only about a few weeks.

During the short summer, cicadas sing with all their might.

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