Keyword
wolf
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2428
Readings
ろう
(13%)
Composed of
animal
good
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
hungry wolf
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf
running amok (amuck); committing an outrage; rampageous behavior
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
wolf; rapacious person; merciless and greedy person
being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
signal fire; beacon
running amok (amuck); committing violence on; in utter disorder
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
lupus (esp. lupus vulgaris)
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax; extinct)
Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf
Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus); thylacine; Tasmanian wolf
Lupus (constellation); the Wolf
glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble
one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) tiger in front, wolf in the back
simenian wolf (Canis simensis); Abyssinia jackal; simian jackal; simenian jackal; Ethiopian wolf
Ethiopian wolf (carnivore, Canis simensis); Abyssinia jackal; simian jackal; simenian jackal; simenian wolf
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)
maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis); warrah; Falkland Islands dog; Falkland Islands fox; Antarctic wolf
purple marshlocks (Comarum palustre); swamp cinquefoil; marsh cinquefoil
Examples (13 in total)
There are wolves in these woods.
The boy said a wolf would come.
I turn into a wolf at night.