毛並み

けなみ

Also written 毛並

Meanings

1. Noun coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair
2. type; sort
3. lineage; breeding

Kanji

• 毛 hair. Read as け.
• 並 line up. Read as なみ.

Example sentences

• 私の孫は子猫を飼っています。その猫の毛並みは白と黒で瞳はグリーンがかっています。孫はその猫と遊ぶのが大好きで、ヴィヴィと呼んでいます。ヴィヴィは綺麗な猫で、私たちのペットです。
  My grandson has a kitten. The kitten has white and black fur and greenish eyes. My grandson loves playing with it. He named it Vivi. Vivi is beautiful. It is our pet.
• 二匹の狐は森の方へ帰って行きました。月が出たので、狐の毛なみが銀色に光り、その足あとには、コバルトの影がたまりました。
  With their fur coats tinged full of glistening silver and their shadows imbued with cobalt, the two foxes returned back to the forest under the moonlit night.
• あの猫、毛並みがきれいだな。
  That cat has beautiful fur.

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