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いんぬじゅーくーえー【犬ぬじゅーくーえー】

in nu juu kuuee

Pronunciation: [ʔin̩nud͡ʑuːkuːeː]

Definition

Noun

  1. (Children's game) Game where children line up in a single file holding onto each other and the person at the front of the line tries to grab the person at the back of the line

Etymology

From いん【犬】 in "dog", the genitive particle ぬ nu, じゅー juu "tail", and くーえー kuuee "bite". Literally "bite the dog's tail".

Notes

Variants:

いんぬじゅーくーえー in nu juu kuuee
いんぬじゅーくぇー in nu juu kwee
じゅーくーえー juu kuuee
じゅーくぇー juu kwee
じゅーじゅーくーえー juu juu kuuee
じゅーじゅーくぇー juu juu kwee
まやーぬじゅーくーえー mayaa nu juu kuuee
まやーぬじゅーくぇー mayaa nu juu kwee

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OrthographyForm
Kanji犬ぬじゅーくーえー
Kanaいんぬじゅーくーえー
Romanizationin nu juu kuuee
Pronunciation (IPA)[ʔin̩nud͡ʑuːkuːeː]

意味:子供の遊び

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犬ぬじゅーくーえー
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, May 11). いんぬじゅーくーえー【犬ぬじゅーくーえー】 : in nu juu kuuee | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, May 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8617/innujuukuuee/.