負け犬

Japanese
Kanji in this term
負 犬
ま
Grade: 3		 いぬ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まけーぬ [màkéénú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ke̞ːnɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

負(ま)け犬(いぬ) • (makeinu) 

  1. (figurative) loser, underdog

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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