負け犬

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
負	犬
ま Grade: 3	いぬ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) まけーぬ [màkéénú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ke̞ːnɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

負(ま)け犬(いぬ) • (makeinu)

(figurative) loser, underdog

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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