mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
huoshu; fantastical Chinese fire rat
field mouse; meadow mouse
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
house mouse (Mus musculus)
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
exponential growth; geometric progression
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
namako-kabe; style of tiled wall with a prominent white grid pattern
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
Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
Chinese fancy mouse (usu. all-white with red eyes)
small fry; unimportant people
Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
field mouse; meadow mouse
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
whistling of a prostitute (to attract customers)
house mouse (Mus musculus)
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
dried trepang; dried sea slug; dried sea cucumber
a cornered rat will bite the cat; one who is cornered will fight like a devil
grey tinged with brown (gray)
Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
Of Mice and Men (1937 novella by John Steinbeck)
blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); harbour porpoise; common porpoise
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
rat guard (device placed on storehouse pillars, mooring ropes, pipes, etc. to block the passage of rats)
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
woodchuck; groundhog; Japanese dormouse
sugar glider (species of flying phalanger, Petaurus breviceps)
Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)
boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae)
jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae)
Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)
Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli); any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)
dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)
edible dormouse (Glis glis); fat dormouse
Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)
vaquita (Phocoena sinus); cochito; gulf porpoise
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
Rodentia (order comprising the rodents)
Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)
grayish dark green; greyish dark green
white rat; white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
empty vessels make the most sound; (lit.) the meowing cat does not catch the mouse
Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni); red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni); red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster); water-rat
dried sea-cucumber ovaries
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
selling sea cucumbers; sea cucumber vendor
selling sea cucumbers; sea cucumber vendor
lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphogranuloma inguinale
lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphogranuloma inguinale
being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
nezumi daikon (variety from Nagano prefecture)
small mouse; small rat; baby mouse; baby rat; mouse pup
small mouse; small rat; baby mouse; baby rat; mouse pup
eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)
Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)
ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)
muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
Holothuria decorata (species of sea cucumber)
African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)
kangaroo rat (of North America; any rodent of genus Dipodomys)
rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)
elephant shrew (Macroscelididae spp.)
lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)
striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
Richardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii); Richard's dragonet
Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus); lesser pygmy shrew
Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi)
Shirouma shrew (Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus)
slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens); Baikal shrew
long-clawed shrew (Sorex unguiculatus)
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)
lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew
Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii); Orii's shrew
chevrotain (Tragulidae spp.); mouse deer
rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea)
shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida)
montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii)
Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)
yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis)
squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus); feathertail glider; flying mouse; pygmy gliding possum
feathertail possum (Distoechurus pennatus); feather-tailed possum
Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); annual ryegrass; Australian ryegrass; short rotation ryegrass; Westerwolds ryegrass; darnel
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum); glossy privet