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Keyword
mouse
  • rat
  • dark gray
Strokes
13
Heisig
2856
Readings
ねずみ100%
Mnemonic
A fat mouse naps in a mortar, a hollow cup, sticking out an L-shaped leg on each side, sweating droplets of fear, its tail a slash left.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
鼠ねずみ
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
Noun
栗鼠りす
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Noun
鼠ねず
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
Noun
老海鼠ほや
sea squirt; ascidian
Noun
針はり鼠ねずみ
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
Noun
海鼠なまこ
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
Noun
鼠頭魚きす
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
Noun
溝鼠どぶねずみ
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; street rat; sewer rat; Norway rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
Noun
鼠そ径けい
groin; inguinal region
Noun
殺さっ鼠そ剤ざい
rat poison; rodenticide
Noun
山鼠やまね
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
Noun
栗鼠りす猿ざる
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
Noun
窮きゅう鼠そ
cornered rat
Noun
裸はだか出で歯ば鼠ねずみ
naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
Noun
蝦夷えぞ栗鼠りす
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
Noun
二十日はつか鼠ねずみ
house mouse (Mus musculus)
Noun
袋ふくろ鼯鼠ももんが
sugar glider (species of flying phalanger, Petaurus breviceps)
Noun
鼠ねずみ色いろ
dark gray; slate gray
Noun
天てん竺じく鼠ねずみ
guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
Noun
日本にほん栗鼠りす
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Noun
蝦夷えぞ鼯鼠ももんが
Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
Noun
鼠ねずみ算ざん
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
Noun
鼠坊ねずっぽ
dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)
Noun