唐から犬いぬ

noun

foreign dog; Chinese dog

Rare historical term for a dog of foreign, especially Chinese, origin. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに「唐から犬いぬ」という言こと葉ばが出でてくる。

  The word 唐犬 appears in documents from the Edo period.