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  • on reading:
  • ケン
  • kun reading:
  • いぬ   いぬ-
  • meaning(s):
  • dog
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あいけん pet dog
いっけん one dog
きょうけん mad dog
げんけん war dog
ぐんようけん war dog
けいさつけん police dog
をする げいをするいぬ dog that knows (does) tricks
いぬ dog
いぬをかまう to tease a dog
けんえん dog and monkey
けんえんのなか loggerheads (lit: dog and monkey); like cats and dogs
である けんえんのなかである to be at enmity; to lead a cat and dog life
いぬつげ Japanese holly
いぬじに die in vain
けんし eyetooth; cuspid; dogtooth
いぬざむらい cowardly or depraved samurai
けんしゃ kennel; doghouse
けんじゅ cynic
けんじゅがくは cynic (phil.)
いぬごや kennel
いぬぐい sloppy eater
掻き いぬかき dog paddle (swim.)
いぬちくしょう mangy cur
いぬはりこ papier-mache dog
いぬはりこ papier-mache dog
いぬおうもの dog-hunting event of Kamakura period
いぬくぎ spike; dog nail
けんば dog's and horses; one's humble self
けんばのろう rendering what little service one can
いぬまき podocarpus; Podocarpus macrophyllus
いぬわし golden eagle
いぬぞり dog sled
こまいぬ (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
やまいぬ wild dog; Japanese wolf
こいぬ puppy
こいぬ puppy
めすいぬ bitch; female dog
かいいぬ pet dog
かいいぬ pet dog
しばいぬ (Japanese) midget Shiba (kind of dog)
すていぬ stray dog
あきたいぬ Akita (breed of dog)
あきたけん Akita (breed of dog)
こいぬ puppy
しょうのわるいいぬ vicious dog; ill-tempered dog
せいけん a mature dog
だけん mongrel; cur
ちくけん pet dog
ちゅうけん faithful dog
ちょうどうけん hearing assistance dog
とうけん dogfighting; a fighting dog
にほんけん a Japanese dog
ばんけん watchdog
まけいぬ underdog; loser
ぼくようけん sheepdog
めいぬ female dog; bitch
めすいぬ female dog; bitch
もうけん savage dog
もうどうけん seeing eye dog
やけん stray dog; ownerless dog
のらいぬ stray dog
おすいぬ male dog
ようけん foreign (Western) breed of dog
りょうけん hound; hunting dog; gun dog
むくいぬ shaggy dog