犬いぬ

noun

dog; canine

The common word for a domestic dog. Used in everyday speech and writing.

• 近きん所じょの犬いぬが毎まい朝あさ散さん歩ぽしている。

  The neighbor's dog goes for a walk every morning.

• 犬いぬは人にん間げんの最さい良りょうの友ともと言いわれる。

  Dogs are said to be man's best friend.

noun

squealer; rat; snitch

Derogatory slang for an informer or spy, often used in criminal or rough contexts. Usually written in kana.

See also: 密告者

• あいつは警けい察さつに通つう報ほうした犬いぬだ。

  That guy is a rat who tipped off the police.

noun

loser; asshole

Strongly derogatory term for a contemptible person. Vulgar and insulting.

• そんな犬いぬみたいな奴やつと話はなすことはない。

  There's no point talking to a loser like that.

noun, used as a prefix

counterfeit; inferior; useless

Prefix used to disparage something as fake, shoddy, or worthless. Common in compounds like 犬死に (pointless death) or 犬侍 (phony samurai).

• 彼かれは犬いぬ死じにを遂とげたと言いわれている。

  He is said to have died a pointless death.

• あの映えい画がは犬いぬも食くわないつまらなさだ。

  That movie is so boring even a dog wouldn't touch it.