Japanese

Noun

山犬 ‎(hiragana やまいぬ, romaji yamainu)

1. The Japanese wolf, also known as the Honshū wolf; now extinct.
2. wild dog
3. dhole; Asian wild dog.
4. An apparition of a dog in traditional Japanese tales that may appear to travelers on mountain roads; may be friendly, or may attack and kill the traveler, depending on the tale.

Synonyms

• (Japanese wolf): 日本狼 (にほんおおかみ) ‎(nihon'ōkami)
• (wild dog): 野犬 (やけん) ‎(yaken)
• (dhole): ドール ‎(dōru)
• (canine apparition appearing to travelers): 送 (おく)り犬 (いぬ) ‎(okuriinu)
• (canine apparition in general): 犬神 (いぬがみ) ‎(inugami)

See also

• 山犬 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Honshū Wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Free-ranging dog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inugami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3