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inu Japanese writing Kanji æ¼¢å Kana ä»®å Hiragana 平仮å Katakana çä»®å Uses Furigana æ¯ãä»®å Okurigana éãä»®å Romaji ãã¼ãå Hiragana (平仮å literally smooth kana) are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are katakana, kanji and rÅmaji). ...
The Shiba Inu (æ´ç¬) is the smallest of the six original and distinct Japanese breeds of dog.
The Shiba Inu nearly became extinct in the latter phase of World War II, with all subsequent dogs bred from only three surviving bloodlines known as the San'in, Mino and Shinshu.
The name shiba inu is most commonly believed to be referring to its size, with shiba meaning "small" and inu simply meaning "dog".