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komainu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ko-mainu
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese 狛犬 (komainu, “lion-dog”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

komainus (plural)

Synonyms

foo dog

Questions

What does komainu mean?
Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines.
Where does komainu come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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