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The Japanese word for mouse is

ねずみ - nezumi



mouse

Japanese Definition


mouse
     1. 名詞. ねずみ
     2. 名詞. (コンピュータの)マウス。
     3. 名詞. 内気な人。



Translations for mouse and their definitions

     1. n. a mouse or a rat
     2. n. general term for members of superfamily Muroidea, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and other similar rodents
     3. n. short for 鼠色: the colour grey, sometimes more specifically a dark grey colour
     4. n. Usage: Japanese does not generally distinguish between mice and rats, and both are commonly called nezumi. If a distinction is needed, speakers may use the adjectives 大きい or 小さい
     5. n. Usage: As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ネズミ
     6. n. Usage: Note that, although the Japanese term 子年 (, , nezumidoshi, , , nedoshi) for The Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac does derive from this same nezumi term, it is not written with this
     7. n. a mouse, a rat



ハツカネズミ
     1. n. 二十日鼠: a house mouse


マウス
     1. n. (zoology computing) a mouse
     2. n. Usage: For the zoological sense, the term
     3. n. mouth
     4. n. Usage: Commonly known due to English language learning in the public school system, but only very rarely used. In common conversation, the term


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