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- 負け犬
負け犬
noun
- dejected loser, dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs).
- unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30.
Variations
Pronunciation |
Kanji |
Kana |
Is Common |
負け犬
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負け犬
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まけいぬ
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✔
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Contained Kanji Breakdown
負
defeat, negative, -
(3rd)
- ⺈ knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
- 貝 shellfish(1st)
- 目 eye, class, look(1st)
- 八 eight, eight radical (no. 12)(1st)
犬
dog, dog radical (no. 94)
(1st)
- 大 large, big(1st)
- 一 one, one radical (no.1)(1st)
- 人 person(1st)
- 丶 dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)