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    3. 鼠

    鼠

    鼠ねずみ

    rat

    NTAnimalsKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ねずみねず

    On'yomi

    ソショ

    ratmousedark gray

    臼

    臼
    鼠

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    Concepts using this kanji

    二十日鼠

    house mouse (Mus musculus)

    日本地鼠

    Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi)

    大水鼠

    rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)

    小地鼠

    Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)

    二十日鼠と人間

    Of Mice and Men (1937 novella by John Steinbeck)

    海鼠子

    dried sea-cucumber ovaries

    海鼠売り

    selling sea cucumbers

    地鼠

    white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura)

    山鼠

    Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

    田鼠

    mole

    南京鼠

    Chinese fancy mouse (usu. all-white with red eyes)

    谷地鼠

    Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni)

    鼠子

    Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)

    鼠入らず

    ratproof cupboard

    鼠

    mouse

    米鼠

    rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)

    川鼠

    Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)

    大黒鼠

    white rat

    木鼠

    squirrel

    利休鼠

    grayish dark green

    海鼠

    sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

    首鼠

    being unable to make up one's mind

    野鼠

    field mouse

    藤海鼠

    Holothuria decorata (species of sea cucumber)

    鼠害

    damage by rats or mice

    独楽鼠

    Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)

    天鼠

    bat (animal)

    日本栗鼠

    Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

    海鼠板

    corrugated iron sheet

    火鼠

    huoshu

    鼠族

    rodents

    首鼠両端を持す

    to be unable to make up one's mind

    首鼠両端

    being unable to make up one's mind

    鼠算

    geometric progression

    荒地鼠

    lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)

    針鼠

    hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

    鼠落し

    rattrap

    毛長鼠

    Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)

    折居地鼠

    Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii)

    出歯鼠

    African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)

    銀鼠

    silver gray

    飛鼠

    bat (animal)

    渡瀬地鼠

    lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei)

    赤鼠

    large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)

    東京尖鼠

    Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)

    ラオス岩鼠

    Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus)

    鼠径部

    groin

    黒鼠

    black mouse

    大山鳴動して鼠一匹

    much ado about nothing

    地栗鼠

    ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)

    旅鼠

    lemming

    背筋鼠

    striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)

    大冬眠鼠

    edible dormouse (Glis glis)

    北栗鼠

    red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

    大足尖鼠

    long-clawed shrew (Sorex unguiculatus)

    鼠講

    pyramid scheme

    舞鼠

    Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)

    台湾栗鼠

    Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)

    跳地鼠

    elephant shrew (Macroscelididae spp.)

    小頭鼠海豚

    vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

    殺鼠剤

    rat poison

    茶鼠

    grey tinged with brown (gray)

    田鼠化して鶉となる

    time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)

    鼠鹿

    chevrotain (Tragulidae spp.)

    鼠径管

    inguinal canal

    鼠毛

    dun (horse coat color)

    砂鼠

    Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

    海鼠腸

    salted entrails of a sea cucumber

    神道尖鼠

    Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)

    鼠海豚

    harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

    鼠盗

    pilfering

    袋鼠

    opossum

    畑鼠

    Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)

    鼠径腺

    inguinal gland

    鼠穴

    rathole

    梅鼠

    grayish pink

    熊鼠

    black rat (Rattus rattus)

    鼠桜

    Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)

    裸出歯鼠

    naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

    白馬尖鼠

    Shirouma shrew (Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus)

    カンガルー鼠

    kangaroo rat (of North America; any rodent of genus Dipodomys)

    鼠カンガルー

    rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

    堀り鼠

    pocket gopher

    鼠毒

    rat-bite fever

    鼠径

    groin

    鼠径ヘルニア

    inguinal hernia

    鼠径リンパ節

    inguinal lymph node

    鼠鳴き

    whistling of a prostitute (to attract customers)

    東部縞栗鼠

    eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

    大陸鼯鼠

    Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)

    鬼鼠

    greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)

    畑栗鼠

    ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)

    パンパス天竺鼠

    Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea)

    アマゾン天竺鼠

    shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida)

    ペルー天竺鼠

    montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii)

    天竺鼠

    guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)

    西鼠鮫

    porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

    栗鼠

    squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)

    鼠疫

    plague

    鼠巣

    rat's nest

    鼠麦

    Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum)

    鼠繻子

    gray satin fabric

    沖縄棘鼠

    Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki)

    姫鼠

    small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)

    大アメリカ鼯鼠

    northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

    鳴く猫は鼠を捕らぬ

    empty vessels make the most sound

    鼠輩

    small fry

    鼠咬症

    ratbite disease

    盲鼠

    blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)

    鼠坊

    dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)

    大袋鼯鼠

    yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)

    背赤栗鼠猿

    Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

    棘鼠

    Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

    絹毛鼠

    hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)

    溝鼠

    brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

    安曇尖鼠

    Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi)

    臭鼠

    muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

    奄美棘鼠

    Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

    跳鼠

    jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae)

    鼠窃

    sneak-thief

    禿尖鼠

    Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus)

    朝鮮縞栗鼠

    Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)

    葡萄鼠

    reddish grey (colour)

    尾太袋鼯鼠

    squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)

    窮鼠

    cornered rat

    コモン栗鼠猿

    common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

    ボリビア栗鼠猿

    black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

    栗鼠猿

    squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

    バイカル尖鼠

    Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens)

    尖鼠

    shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)

    鼠賊

    petty thief

    姫尖鼠

    slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)

    鎧鼠

    armadillo

    麝香鼠

    Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)

    萱鼠

    harvest mouse (Mus minutus)

    栗鼠擬

    tree shrew

    鼠径リンパ肉芽腫

    lymphogranuloma venereum

    藍鼠

    indigo-tinged grey (gray)

    禿袋鼯鼠

    feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)

    偽袋鼯鼠

    feathertail possum (Distoechurus pennatus)

    袋縞栗鼠

    striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)

    鼠鮫

    salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)

    袋鼯鼠

    sugar glider (species of flying phalanger, Petaurus breviceps)

    縞栗鼠

    chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)

    シベリア縞栗鼠

    Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)

    濡れ鼠

    soaked to the skin

    鼠鯒

    Richardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii)

    袋鼯鼠騙

    Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)

    鼠黐

    Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)

    窮鼠噛猫

    a cornered rat will bite the cat

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    • 臼
    • 鼠
    • 鼠麦
    • ラオス岩鼠
    • 鼠桜
    • 袋縞栗鼠
    • 盲鼠
    • 火鼠
    • 野鼠
    • 奄美棘鼠
    • 二十日鼠と人間

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    • 鼯鼠
    • 海鼠
    • 栗鼠
    • 溝鼠
    • 黒鼠
    • 鼠
    • 鼠疫
    • 鼠海豚
    • 鼠害
    • 鼠巣
    • 鼠賊
    • 鼠族
    • 鼠盗
    • 鼠入らず
    • 鼠輩
    • 鼠鳴き
    • 鼠落し
    • 鼠咬症
    • 鼠径
    • 鼠径部
    • 袋鼠
    • 天竺鼠
    • 二十日鼠
    • 堀り鼠
    • 木鼠
    • 麝香鼠
    • 針鼠
    • 銀鼠
    • 大山鳴動して鼠一匹
    • 鼠穴
    • 鼠算
    • 鼠講
    • 窮鼠
    • 利休鼠
    • 地鼠
    • 縞栗鼠
    • 濡れ鼠
    • 畑鼠
    • 殺鼠剤
    • 海鼠板
    • 海鼠腸
    • 萱鼠
    • 窮鼠噛猫
    • 首鼠両端
    • 大黒鼠
    • 鳴く猫は鼠を捕らぬ
    • 窮鼠猫を噛む
    • 旅鼠
    • 熊鼠
    • 東部縞栗鼠
    • シベリア縞栗鼠
    • 蝦夷縞栗鼠
    • 朝鮮縞栗鼠
    • 鼠鮫
    • 栗鼠擬
    • 日本栗鼠
    • 畑栗鼠
    • 地栗鼠
    • 臭鼠
    • 栗鼠猿
    • アメリカ鼯鼠
    • 蝦夷鼯鼠
    • 大陸鼯鼠
    • 大アメリカ鼯鼠
    • 袋鼯鼠
    • 鎧鼠
    • 山鼠
    • 藤海鼠
    • 裸出歯鼠
    • 出歯鼠
    • 尖鼠
    • 赤鼠
    • 川鼠
    • 絹毛鼠
    • 毛長鼠
    • 砂鼠
    • 棘鼠
    • 跳鼠
    • 姫鼠
    • 谷地鼠
    • 鼠黐
    • 鼠毛
    • 独楽鼠
    • 鼠窃
    • カンガルー鼠
    • 鼠カンガルー
    • 鬼鼠
    • 鼠径ヘルニア
    • 鼠径腺
    • 鼠坊
    • 跳地鼠
    • 北栗鼠
    • 台湾栗鼠
    • 蝦夷栗鼠
    • 荒地鼠
    • 大水鼠
    • 背筋鼠
    • 西鼠鮫
    • 海鼠子
    • 鼠繻子
    • 南京鼠
    • 舞鼠
    • 鼠毒
    • 鼠子
    • 海鼠売り
    • 鼠径管
    • 田鼠化して鶉となる
    • 田鼠
    • 鼠鯒
    • 鼠径リンパ節
    • 鼠径リンパ肉芽腫
    • 梅鼠
    • 藍鼠
    • 禿尖鼠
    • 東京尖鼠
    • 安曇尖鼠
    • 白馬尖鼠
    • 姫尖鼠
    • 神道尖鼠
    • バイカル尖鼠
    • 大足尖鼠
    • 小地鼠
    • 渡瀬地鼠
    • 日本地鼠
    • 折居地鼠
    • 鼹鼠
    • 鼠鹿
    • 米鼠
    • コモン栗鼠猿
    • ボリビア栗鼠猿
    • 背赤栗鼠猿
    • 茶鼠
    • 大冬眠鼠
    • パンパス天竺鼠
    • アマゾン天竺鼠
    • ペルー天竺鼠
    • 沖縄棘鼠
    • 袋鼯鼠騙
    • 大袋鼯鼠
    • 尾太袋鼯鼠
    • 禿袋鼯鼠
    • 偽袋鼯鼠
    • 首鼠
    • 首鼠両端を持す
    • 葡萄鼠
    • 小頭鼠海豚
    • 天鼠
    • 飛鼠

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