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Japanese
ドブネズミ on Japanese Wikipedia
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
Noun
溝鼠 or 溝鼠 • (dobunezumi)
- a brown rat