Word Meaning 毒蛇

どくじゃ dokuja

毒蛇 is read as どくじゃ (dokuja) and means poisonous snake.

Meaning

English

poisonous snake
poisonous serpent

Reading

Kana

どくじゃ

Romaji

dokuja

Writing Variants

毒蛇どくへび dokuhebi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136522 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蛇毒

じゃどく

snake venom

毒舌

どくぜつ

wicked tongue

毒素

どくそ

toxin

毒物及び劇物取締法

どくぶつおよびげきぶつとりしまりほう

Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act

毒薬条項

どくやくじょうこう

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

蛇

じゃ

snake

大蛇

おろち

big snake

大蛇

だいじゃ

big snake

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

長蛇

ちょうだ

long line (of people, etc.)

金蛇

かなへび

lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

高千穂蛇

たかちほへび

Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis)

Example Sentences

この蛇は毒蛇ではありません。

This snake is not venomous.

オーストラリアには毒蛇が多いのだろうか？

Are there many poisonous snakes in Australia?

オーストラリアには毒蛇が多いのだろうか。

Are there many poisonous snakes in Australia?