usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

noun  noun (generic) 

• wild dog, Asiatic jackal (Canis aureus ssp.), golden jackal
• side-striped jackal (carnivore, Canis adustus)

gairaigo  waseigo  French origin  Portuguese origin  noun  noun (generic) 

• bread roll, hot dog bun

gairaigo  waseigo  English origin  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried), corndog

noun  noun (generic) 

• prairie dog (Cynomys sp.)

noun  noun (generic) 

• old dog

noun  noun (generic) 

• parhelion, sun dog, sundog (bright spot on either side of the Sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

noun  noun (generic) 

• paraselene, moon dog, moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

noun  noun (generic) 

• drug-sniffing dog

rare term  noun  noun (generic) 

• tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon dog