Meaning

Primary

Male Dog

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A male dog is a male dog.

It's worth mentioning that you'll see this most often written in katakana, as both オス犬 and オスの犬.

Reading

おすいぬ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the kun'yomi readings, which is probably A-Okay for , but for you'll want to think about how a male dog is probably pretty pushy, always trying to push (押す) other dogs around, being male and moody and all that.

Context

Context Sentences

こちらの商品は、雄犬専用のトイレになります。

This product is a toilet for male dogs only.

あそこの動物病院、大型の雄犬の去勢手術は三万円ぐらいだったはず。

I believe the cost of neutering a large male dog at that veterinary clinic was around 30,000 yen.

脱走していた雄犬が、先程無事に保護されました。

The male dog that had escaped has just been safely captured.

Kanji Composition