Word details

犬死に

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 犬死に.

Dictionary

Entry

犬死にぬじに犬死NounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #38281
1

Sensitive

dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

dog

4 strokesFrequency 1,326JLPT N3Grade 1

On

ケン

Kun

いぬいぬ-

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

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