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兎

うさぎ

rabbit, hare

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Examples

  1. 庭に兎がいる。

    にわにうさぎがいる。

    There's a rabbit in the garden.

  2. 子どもの頃、兎を飼っていました。

    こどものころ、うさぎをかっていました。

    I kept a rabbit when I was a child.

  3. 兎は耳が長くて、走るのが速い。

    うさぎはみみがながくて、はしるのがはやい。

    Rabbits have long ears and run fast.

Common patterns

兎を飼う
to keep a rabbit
兎の耳
a rabbit's ears
兎小屋
a rabbit hutch

Memory tip

Modern Japanese nearly always writes this うさぎ or ウサギ; the kanji 兎 is rare. Oddly, rabbits are counted with 羽, the counter for birds.

Kanji in this word

  • 兎Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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