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
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