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鼠: rat

rat; mouse
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Readings

On
ソ・ショ
Kun
ねずみ・ねず

Usually ねずみ. The compounds 栗鼠 (りす, squirrel) and 海鼠 (なまこ, sea cucumber) have special readings.

Key words

鼠ねずみrat; mouse
鼠色ねずみいろgray
窮鼠きゅうそcornered rat
栗鼠りすsquirrel
溝鼠どぶねずみbrown rat; sewer rat

Example sentences

I heard the sound of rats running around in the attic.

The sky is covered with gray clouds and it looks like rain any moment.

They say a cornered rat will bite the cat, so it is better not to corner him too much.

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