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Meaning of Shiba | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. An area of Minato, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.

Equivalents

日本語

Examples

““There’s nothing wrong with your dog,” she said. “Then why was he wailing like that? I’ve never heard an animal make such a god-awful noise.” “It’s just something that shibas do,” Dr. Cho replied. “Get used to it. He was probably happy to see you. Had you been away for a while?””
“Niimi and coworkers (1999) have found that golden retrievers and shibas predictably differ in terms of their expression of short allele and shibas expressing the long D₄ allele more often (see Neural and Physiological Substrates in Volume 2, Chapter 5).”
“Some shibas have red fur.”
“The red Shibas are an orange color, like the setting sun.”
“Five Collies had a higher prevalence of slight arrhythmia than seven Shibas when given milbemycin D at 1, 2.5 or 5 mg/kg daily for 10 days.”
“Interestingly, in this regard, Niimi and associates (1999) at Gifu University, Japan, have reported significant differences in genetic variants controlling the expression of dopamine D4 receptors in golden retrievers and Shibas.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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