溝鼠

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(どぶ)(ねずみ) or 溝鼠(ドブネズミ) (dobunezumi

  1. a brown rat