Word Meaning 番犬

ばんけん banken

番犬 is read as ばんけん (banken) and means watchdog.

Meaning

English

  1. watchdog

Reading

Kana

ばんけん

Romaji

banken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 13022 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

番組

ばんぐみ

program (e.g. TV)

番号

ばんごう

number

番地

ばんち

house number

番手

ばんて

(yarn) count

番目

ばんめ

divisions of a kabuki performance

番付

ばんづけ

program (e.g. theatre)

番外

ばんがい

outsize

番人

ばんにん

guard

番頭

ばんとう

(head) clerk

番茶

ばんちゃ

coarse tea

ばん

(one's) turn

番外地

ばんがいち

location without an address

Example Sentences

2

A dog that barks all the time doesn't make a good watch dog.

Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.