Word Meaning 犬も食わない

いぬもくわない inu mo kuwanai

犬も食わない is read as いぬもくわない (inu mo kuwanai) and means avoided by everybody.

Meaning

English

  1. avoided by everybody
  2. disliked by everybody
  3. not even a dog will eat (it)

Reading

Kana

いぬもくわない

Romaji

inu mo kuwanai

Writing Variants

  • 犬もくわない いぬもくわない inumokuwanai
  • 犬も喰わない いぬもくわない inu mo kuwanai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb Rank 146729 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

犬食い

いぬくい

dog fighting

夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わない

ふうふげんかはいぬもくわない

one should not get involved in a marital quarrel

蟹食犬

かにくいいぬ

crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)

いぬ

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)

飲み食い

のみくい

food and drink

立ち食い

たちぐい

eating while standing

犬猿の仲

けんえんのなか

like cats and dogs

犬張子

いぬはりこ

papier-mâché dog

犬派

いぬは

dog person

犬矢来

いぬやらい

short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

犬の川端歩き

いぬのかわばたあるき

window-shopping without any money

Example Sentences

1

The couple next door are fighting again.