猟犬

りょうけん

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

What does 猟犬 mean?

猟犬 is a Japanese noun meaning hound; hunting dog; gun dog in English. It is written as 猟犬 in kanji, りょうけん in hiragana, and ryouken in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私たちの猟犬は大きな鹿を追いかけた。

Our pointer took off after a big deer.