popular card games noun noun (generic) sports
- ace
- ace (of a team), leading player, ace pitcher (in baseball)
- ace, hotshot, top dog, top hand, wunderkind
- ace (serve)
popular astronomy noun noun (generic)
- Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major), Alpha Canis Majoris, the Dog Star
gairaigo waseigo English origin noun noun (generic)
- seeing-eye dog, guide dog
historical term noun noun (generic)
- Hachikล, Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
irregular reading search-only kana form food, cooking noun noun (generic) Touhoku-ben
- hot dog
- corn dog
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- badger
- raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
noun noun (generic)
- one dog
noun noun (generic)
- war dog
noun noun (generic)
- war dog
noun noun (generic)
- hair of the dog, morning drink to get rid of a hangover