負け犬の遠吠え まけいぬのとおぼえ Meanings Expression, Noun backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser (literally: the far-off bark of a retreating dog) Kanji 負 lose. Read as まける. 犬 dog. Read as いぬ. 遠 far. Read as とおい. 吠 bark; howl; cry. Read as ほえる. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists