いぬ

犬

dog

inu

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #1,239

Meanings

1
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); caninenoun
2
counterfeit; inferior; uselessnoun prefix

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In a sentence

How it works

は (topic) raises 犬(いぬ) (dog) as the topic — “as for dogs…”. The i-adjective 賢い(かしこい) (smart) then acts as the whole predicate; in plain speech it needs no です (is) after it, so the sentence simply ends on the adjective and sounds casual.

Written with

犬dog4 strokes