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溝鼠

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
どぶ
Grade: S
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 ドブネズミ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ぶねずみ [dòbúnéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [do̞bɯ̟ne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

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(どぶ)(ねずみ) or 溝鼠(ドブネズミ) (dobunezumi

  1. a brown rat