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狗 kanji
puppy, dog
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クコウ
Kun readings
いぬ
Words with 狗
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —松井天狗堂Matsui Tengudo (karuta maker)
- —天狗フルーツ蝙蝠tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)
- —狡兎死して走狗烹らるwhen the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
- —羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売るto cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat
- —天狗咄boastful story; story about tengu
- —鴉天狗small, crow-billed tengu
- —釣天狗person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill
- —独り天狗self-conceited person; ego-tripper; swelled head
- —狗子佛性the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
- —狐狗狸様kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
- —木葉天狗weak tengu; small tengu
- —木端天狗weak tengu; small tengu
- —天狗巣病witches' broom (plant disease); hexenbesen
- —木っ端天狗weak tengu; small tengu
- —天狗つぶてrock flying out of nowhere (while in the mountains)
- —狡兎死して走狗煮らるwhen the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked