Illustration: On the floor beside a sunny window in a Japanese home, an owner brushes a long-haired cat. The brush lifts a soft tuft directly from the cat’s thick coat, and a surprisingly large mound of shed fur has collected on a small cloth beside them.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

毛け

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fur, wool

Example sentences

  1. 飼かい猫ねこの毛けのつやが悪わるくなった。

    Our cat’s fur has lost its luster.

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  2. あの猫ねこの毛けはとてもきれいだ。

    That cat has beautiful fur.

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  3. 彼かれは羊ひつじの毛けを刈かった。

    He clipped the sheep.

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Kanji in 毛

  • 毛fur; hairOnモウKunけ

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