負け犬

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
いぬ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(いぬ) (makeinu

  1. (figurative) loser, underdog

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN