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13 Basic Animal Terms (Japanese)

Today, I am following up on the previous list of 13 Basic Animal Terms in Korean with the same terms in Japanese. This includes the names for ten basic animals, along with ‘animal’, ‘wing’, and ‘tail’. Most of the words include the written “Kanji” (based on very old Chinese root words) alongside the Hiragana characters and Romanization showing pronunciation.

The only word that seems to be written purely in Hiragana, with no Kanji written form, is ‘Tail’.

These are based on the list of the 625 most commonly used words along with the 1000 most common words (from which I picked up rabbit).

Resources:

Animals
Cat
Dog
Bird
Fish
Cow
Mouse
Horse
Pig
Rabbit
Bear
Wings
Tail

Disclaimer

This website is absolutely not a professional resource and is purely my own personal way of trying to learn various languages. If you see a mistake, by all means please let me know in the comments as long as you do so in a friendly way. ❤️

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