| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 動物 | どうぶつ | ドウブツ |
Pronunciation: doubutsu
How to Say It Outloud: doh-boo-tsu
Usage: Refers to animals in general
Example Sentence Japanese:
動物は自然の中で重要な役割を果たしています。
動物は自然の中で重要な役割を果たしています。Example Sentence English:Animals play an important role in nature.
Animals play an important role in nature.| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 生き物 | いきもの | イキモノ |
Pronunciation: ikimono
How to Say It Outloud: ee-kee-mo-no
Usage: Refers to living creatures, not limited to just animals
Example Sentence Japanese:公園にはさまざまな生き物が生息しています。
公園にはさまざまな生き物が生息しています。Example Sentence English:Various living creatures inhabit the park.
Various living creatures inhabit the park.Dictionary
動物達どうぶつたち
Noun- animals
家畜かちくCommon wordjlpt-n1
Noun- domestic animals; livestock; cattle
- Livestock
匹ひきCommon wordjlpt-n1
Counter- counter for small animals
- counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size)
- counter for horses
- roll of cloth
動植物どうしょくぶつCommon word
Noun- plants and animals; flora and fauna
頭とうCommon word
Counter- counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- Head
小動物しょうどうぶつ
Noun- small animal
下等動物かとうどうぶつ
Noun- lower animals
数匹すうひき
Noun- several animals
百獣ひゃくじゅう
Noun- all kinds of animals
動物虐待どうぶつぎゃくたい
Noun- animal abuse; animal cruelty; cruelty to animals; cruelty toward animals
- Cruelty to animals
狩猟鳥獣しゅりょうちょうじゅう
Noun- animals that can legally be hunted; game animals
鳥獣ちょうじゅうCommon word
Noun- birds and wild animals; wildlife
干支えと
Noun- sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days
- 12-year Chinese zodiac
- Sexagenary cycle
点景てんけい
Noun- persons or animals added to a picture; incidental details of a picture
人畜じんちく
Noun- men and animals
外肛動物がいこうどうぶつ
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- ectoprocta; bryozoa; moss animals
- Bryozoa
古生物こせいぶつ
Noun- extinct plants and animals
動物実験どうぶつじっけん
Noun- experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
- Animal testing
実験動物中央研究所じっけんどうぶつちゅうおうけんきゅうじょ
Noun- Central Institute for Experimental Animals
- Central Institute for Experimental Animals
- Central Institute for Experimental Animals
畜生ちくしょうCommon wordjlpt-n1
- damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake
- beast; animal
- person reborn into the animal realm
- brute; bastard
- Animals in Buddhism
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