じゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. beast; brute; animal
Kanji used
beast
Pitch accent
じゅ
Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
legendary beast; magical beast
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
① 正体不明の不思議な生物。② 恐竜からヒントを得て創作された、特別な力を持つ生物。
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
① 野生の獣。
carnivore; carnivorous animal
① 獣医師の略。
① 人間の生活に直接又は間接に害を与える獣。
① 神聖で霊妙な獣。
rare (or peculiar) animal
① ユニコーン② 麒麟の別名③ イッカクの別名
half-human and half-beast
brutality; animal nature
young animal (esp. mammal)
(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
animal or carnal desires; lust
quadruped; four-footed animal
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
① 多くのけもの。あらゆるけもの。
① 動物を専門とする医師。現在の日本では、獣医師法に基づいて動物のみの医療行為をおこなう資格を有する者。
① けものの肉。
stone image of an animal; stone figures of animals
① けもの。けだもの。
bestiality; sodomy
bestial; beastly; beast-like; brutal
sex maniac; sex fiend
unusual beast; strange beast
① けもののほね。
auspicious beast (in Chinese mythology, e.g. the qilin)
veterinary medicine
① 小さい獣。
animals that can legally be hunted; game animals
animal beneficial to humans
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
animal or carnal desires; lust
four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); four gods said to rule over the four directions
pack animal
Afrotheria (superorder of mammals of African origin)
brutal or bestial act
Therapsida (order of advanced synapsids)
Eutheria (mammalian infraclass)
Eutheria (mammalian infraclass)
Theriodontia; theriodonts
Theria (mammalian subclass)
Examples (3 in total)
I howled like a beast.
The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.
As the lion is king of beasts, so is the eagle king of birds.