Translation

kinuge-nezumi means "Hamster" in English.

kinuge-nezumi is normally written with katakana, as キヌゲネズミ.
kinuge-nezumi written with hiragana is きぬげねずみ.
kinuge-nezumi written with kanji is 絹毛鼠.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji ki nu ge ne zu mi
Hiraganaきぬげねずみ
Katakanaキヌゲネズミ
Kanji 絹 毛 鼠
Meaning Silk Fur Rat
School Level 小6 小2 ✕

Orthography Notes

  • ke け becomes ge げ in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.

Further Reading

Wikipedia: ハムスター (Hamster)