キリン
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Giraffe
2. Kamelopard; mythisches Tier
3. Wunderkind; Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (japan. Bier- und Safthersteller; Hauptsitz Tōkyō, gegründet 1907; gehört zur Mitsubishi-Gruppe; Abk.)
Pitch accent
リン
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Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
Wunderkind; Genie
Fetthenne; Sedum
Kamelopard; Giraffe; Cameloparadalis; Camelopardus (Sternbild)
Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle
masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii); maasai giraffe; Kilimanjaro giraffe
even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old
Examples (3 in total)
I've never seen a giraffe.
Tom's neck looks like a giraffe’s.
A young giraffe is called a calf.