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雌犬

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
雌 犬
めす
Grade: S 		いぬ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 雌 (mesu, “female”, specific to non-humans) +‎ 犬 (inu, “dog”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [me̞sɨᵝinɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

雌(めす)犬(いぬ) • (mesuinu) 

  1. (rare) female dog, she-dog, bitch

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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