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Is there a distinction between rats and mice in Japanese? Or are they both 鼠?
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Yes they are both ネズミ。when I saw a rat for the first time I thought that was 大きいネズミ！ so basically ネズミ is mice (smaller one) but we also call rats "ネズミ". I think it's because there are few rats in Japan.
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Yes they are both ネズミ。when I saw a rat for the first time I thought that was 大きいネズミ！ so basically ネズミ is mice (smaller one) but we also call rats "ネズミ". I think it's because there are few rats in Japan.
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