Word Meaning 野犬

やけん yaken

野犬 is read as やけん (yaken) and means stray dog.

Meaning

English

  1. stray dog
  2. ownerless dog

Reading

Kana

やけん

Romaji

yaken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 飼い犬・飼犬 Rank 12215 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

野生犬

やせいいぬ

side-striped jackal (carnivore, Canis adustus)

野良犬

のらいぬ

stray dog

野犬捕獲員

やけんほかくいん

dogcatcher

野犬狩り

やけんがり

rounding up stray dogs

hidden (structural) member

hidden (structural) member

野外

やがい

fields

野心

やしん

ambition

野生

やせい

I

野中

のなか

in the middle of a field

野手

やしゅ

fielder

野山

のやま

hills and fields

Example Sentences

1

Stray dogs tramped about my garden.