狗

Common noun

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)

Derogatory; Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy

Derogatory; Common noun

loser; asshole

Noun, used as a prefix

counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

puppy

lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)

dog meat; dog flesh

green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass

Buddhism

the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")

dog slaughter; killing of dogs

dog butcher

tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains

Idiomatic expression

bragging; conceit; braggart; boaster; conceited person

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)

ひすい only

jade (gem)

ひすい only

beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw

Idiomatic expression

to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; to become a tengu

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

small, crow-billed tengu

large tengu; powerful tengu

Idiomatic expression

big braggart; blowhard

small tengu

Idiomatic expression

promising young martial arts practitioner

world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins

Kurama tengu; tengu of Kyoto's Mount Kurama, said to have taught the art of war to Minamoto no Yoshitsune

crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

sudden gust

weak tengu

crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey