- morumotto guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment, (human) guinea pig
Used in everyday conversation to refer to the animal or metaphorically to a person used in experiments; casual to neutral register.
妹がモルモットを飼っている。
Imōto ga morumotto o katte iru.
My little sister keeps a guinea pig.
新薬のテストでモルモットにされた。
Shin'yaku no tesuto de morumotto ni sareta.
I was made a guinea pig in the new drug test.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'tenjikunezumi' (guinea pig in scientific contexts), but 'morumotto' is the everyday term.
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