山犬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	犬

Noun

山犬 (hiragana やまいぬ, romaji yamainu)

1. The Japanese wolf, also known as the Honshū wolf; now extinct.
2. A wild dog.
3. The dhole; an Asian wild dog.
4. An apparition of a dog in traditional Japanese tales that may appear to travelers on mountain roads; may be friendly, or may attack and kill the traveler, depending on the tale.

Synonyms

• (Japanese wolf): 日本狼, ニホンオオカミ (Nihon ōkami)
• (wild dog): 野犬 (やけん, yaken)
• (dhole): ドール (dōru)
• (canine apparition appearing to travelers): 送り犬 (おくりいぬ, okuriinu)
• (canine apparition in general):
  • 妖犬 (ようけん, yōken)
  • 犬神 (いぬがみ, inugami)
  • 魔犬 (まけん, maken)
  • 鬼犬 (きけん, kiken; おにいぬ, oniinu),

See also

• 山犬 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Honshū Wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Honshū Wolf
• Free-ranging dog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Free-ranging dog
• Dhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Dhole
• Inugami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Inugami