溝鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溝	鼠
どぶ Grade: S	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 溝 (dobu, “ditch; gutter”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”). Compare Korean 시궁쥐 (sigungjwi, “brown rat”, literally “gutter rat”), Vietnamese chuột cống (“rat”, literally “gutter rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どぶね​ずみ [dòbúnéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

溝(どぶ)鼠(ねずみ) or 溝鼠(ドブネズミ) • (dobunezumi) 

1. a brown rat