mousetrap; rattrap
A device for catching mice or rats.
I set a mousetrap in the kitchen.
speed trap
Colloquial term for a police speed trap.
Be careful at that intersection; there are a lot of speed traps.
Japanese rat snake
Refers to the Japanese rat snake (アオダイショウ), which preys on rats.
See also: アオダイショウ
ネズミ捕り is sometimes used as another name for the Japanese rat snake.
Common katakana-kanji spelling for the general term.
Search-only hiragana-kanji form.
Alternate common spelling using 取り.
Search-only hiragana-kanji form.
Rare kanji form; usually written in kana or mixed katakana-kanji.
Rare kanji form; usually written in kana or mixed katakana-kanji.
Compound of ネズミ (mouse/rat) and 捕り (catching). The meaning extended to rat poison, speed traps (catching speeders), and the rat snake (a natural rat catcher).