犬（いぬ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: dog
Example sentences
- 毎朝、犬と一緒に散歩する。 — I go for a walk with my dog every morning.
- その犬はとても人なつっこい。 — That dog is very friendly.
Idioms & proverbs containing “犬”
- 犬猿の仲 (けんえんのなか) — like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys
- 垣堅くして犬入らず (かきかたくしていぬいらず) — a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out
- 犬も歩けば棒に当たる (いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる) — bad things happen to those who attempt things; if a dog walks they will hit a stick
- 夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わない (ふうふげんかはいぬもくわない) — one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
- 飢えたる犬は棒を恐れず (うえたるいぬはぼうをおそれず) — a starved dog does not fear the rod
- 煩悩の犬は追えども去らず (ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず) — one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away
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