Shiba Inuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 柴犬 (shibainu).

発音

• IPA: /ˌʃiːbə ˈiːnuː/

名詞

Shiba Inu (plural Shiba Inus)

1. A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting.
   • 2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian‎:

     Doge has taken the standard twists and turns, and it’s increasingly common to see images which have the format of a Doge picture but don’t actually contain any Shiba Inus at all.

   • 2021 February 8, Nathaniel Popper, “Elon Musk and Snoop Dogg Push Cryptocurrencies to Record Highs”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-02-10:

     Even Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that began as a joke with a perpetually surprised Shiba Inu dog for its symbol, has soared almost 1,000 percent over the last week to set a record.

   • 2023 December 4, “Calming anxiety and detecting allergies: a celebration of UK service dogs – in pictures”, in The Guardian‎:

     Shiba Inus Rosie, Riot and Dennis, Merseyside police therapy dogs, with handler Karen.

同意語

• Shiba, shiba
• shibe (Internet slang)

Further reading

• Shiba Inu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia