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犬 kanji
dog
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ケン
Kun readings
いぬいぬ-
Words with 犬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —紀州犬Kishu (Japanese dog breed)
- —四国犬Shikoku (dog breed)
- —川上犬Kawakami Inu (dog breed)
- —犬牙石dogtooth spar
- —爆弾犬dog fitted with a bomb; anti-tank dog
- —犬儒学派Cynic school; Cynics
- —野犬狩りrounding up stray dogs
- —犬馬の労rendering what little service one can
- —黄犬契約yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)
- —アイヌ犬Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog
- —北海道犬Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog
- —バター犬man who practises cunnilingus; dog who licks butter off a person's body (for sexual arousal)
- —土佐闘犬tosa (dog breed)
- —野犬捕獲員dogcatcher; dog warden
- —麻薬探知犬drug-sniffing dog
- —災害救助犬rescue dog
- —忠犬ハチ公faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
- —トリュフ犬truffle dog; truffle hound
- —盲導犬協会Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
- —エスキモー犬Eskimo dog