野良犬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	良	犬
の Grade: 2	ら Grade: 4 (ateji)	いぬ Grade: 1
kun'yomi	nanori	kun'yomi

Etymology

The kanji 良 in 野良 is ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) のらいぬ [nòráínú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [no̞ɾa̠inɯ̟]

Noun

野(の)良(ら)犬(いぬ) • (norainu)

stray dog; free-ranging dog
Synonym: 野犬 (やけん)

Proper noun

野(の)良(ら)犬(いぬ) • (Norainu)

Stray Dog: a 1949 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa

Synonyms

野(や)犬(けん) (yaken)

Related terms

野(の)良(ら)猫(ねこ) (noraneko)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN