mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag
huoshu; fantastical Chinese fire rat
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
field mouse; meadow mouse
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
house mouse (Mus musculus)
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
exponential growth; geometric progression
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
black mouse; rat with black fur; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant; dark gray; dark grey
white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura); shrew
rat guard (device placed on storehouse pillars, mooring ropes, pipes, etc. to block the passage of rats)
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Mongolian jird
Chinese fancy mouse (usu. all-white with red eyes)
Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
whistling of a prostitute (to attract customers)
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
Of Mice and Men (1937 novella by John Steinbeck)
grey tinged with brown (gray)
Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli); any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)
Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
small mouse; small rat; baby mouse; baby rat; mouse pup
rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster); water-rat
white rat; white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
nezumi daikon (variety from Nagano prefecture)
Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni); red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
grayish dark green; greyish dark green
empty vessels make the most sound; (lit.) the meowing cat does not catch the mouse
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
Rodentia (order comprising the rodents)
naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); harbour porpoise; common porpoise
greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
woodchuck; groundhog; Japanese dormouse
Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)
salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae)
Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)
small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)
African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)
Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew
long-clawed shrew (Sorex unguiculatus)
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)
elephant shrew (Macroscelididae spp.)
Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii); Orii's shrew
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
Shirouma shrew (Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus)
striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea)
shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida)
montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii)
Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
chevrotain (Tragulidae spp.); mouse deer
slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens); Baikal shrew
Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); annual ryegrass; Australian ryegrass; short rotation ryegrass; Westerwolds ryegrass; darnel
broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum); glossy privet
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus); lesser pygmy shrew
kangaroo rat (of North America; any rodent of genus Dipodomys)
rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)
Richardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii); Richard's dragonet