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    3. 窮鼠猫を噛む

    窮鼠猫を噛む

    窮きゅう鼠そ猫ねこを​噛かむ​

    a cornered rat will bite a cat

    NTVerbAnimalsKanji Vocab60 strokes

    窮鼠猫をかむ窮鼠ネコを噛む窮鼠ネコをかむきゅうそ猫をかむ

    きゅうそねこをかむ

    Verb

    1.
    a cornered rat will bite a cat, despair gives courage to a coward
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    窮
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み…(2)
    hard up・destitute・suffer・perplexed・cornered
    Kanji
    鼠
    ねずみ・ねず…(2)
    rat・mouse・dark gray
    Kanji
    猫
    ねこ…(1)
    cat
    Kanji
    噛
    か.む・か.じる…(2)
    chew・bite・gnaw
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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