Illustration: Inside a Japanese home's storage cupboard, a small mouse stands upright beside a tipped measuring cup and holds a single grain of rice between its front paws. Its rounded ears, pointed whiskered snout, and long slender tail are unobstructed.

ねずみ

nezumi

mouse, rat

Example sentences

猫ねこがいなくなるとネズミたちが遊あそびだす。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
猫ねこは鼠ねずみを食たべる。
The cat eats mice.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
猫ねこがいない間まに鼠ねずみは踊おどる。
When the cat is not there, the mice are dancing.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store