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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
- —愛犬Popularpet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
- —番犬Popularwatchdog; guard dog
- —野犬Popularstray dog; ownerless dog
- —猟犬Popularhound; hunting dog; gun dog
- —盲導犬Popularguide dog; seeing-eye dog
- —犬猿の仲Popularlike cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys
- —一犬one dog
- —狂犬mad dog
- —軍犬war dog
- —犬歯eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
- —犬舎kennel; doghouse
- —駄犬mongrel; cur; mutt
- —猛犬fierce dog; ferocious dog; savage dog
- —忠犬faithful dog
- —闘犬dogfight; dogfighting; fighting dog
- —畜犬pet dog; keeping a dog
- —洋犬Western breed of dog
- —犬馬dogs and horses; one's humble self
- —犬儒cynic
- —犬猿cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); dogs and monkeys