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

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

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

lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)

dog meat; dog flesh

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

sudden gust

crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey

green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass

rock flying out of nowhere (while in the mountains)

golden tengu

hattengu; tengu said to live among the 8 mountains of Atago, Hira, Daisen, Ōmine, Kurama, Iizuna, Hiko, and Shiramine

panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina)

golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)

category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece

Idiomatic expression

boastful story

story about tengu

Idiomatic expression

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