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Meaning of 犬も食わない(いぬもくわない) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 犬も食わない

Kana Reading いぬもくわない

Romaji inumokuwanai

Parts of speech

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

Meaning

avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; lit: not even a dog will eat

Examples of 犬も食わない, いぬもくわない in a sentence

隣じゃまた犬も食わない夫婦喧嘩をしているよ。

The couple next door are fighting again.
夫婦げんかは犬も食わない。

No one in his right mind wants anything to do with a domestic quarrel.

Related Kanji

犬 JLPT 4

4 strokes

dog

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: いぬ, いぬ-

食 JLPT 5

9 strokes

eat, food

On'Yomi: ショク, ジキ

Kun'Yomi: く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む