Hanamaruhanamaru

いぬ

dog

inu

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,239

Meanings

  1. 1
    dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); caninen
  2. 2
    counterfeit; inferior; uselessn-pref

JMdict 1258330

In a sentence

いぬdogかしこい賢いsmart

Dogs are smart

How it works

(topic) raises 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.

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