"獣" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai

Noun

IPA: [ke̞da̠mo̞no̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けだもの)), kedamono [romanization]
Etymology: Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + だ (da, genitive marker) + 物 (mono, “thing”). Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kedamono}}, {{compound|ja|毛|だ|物|pos2=genitive marker|sort=けだもの|t1=hair|t3=thing|tr1=ke|tr2=da|tr3=mono}} 毛 (ke, “hair”) + だ (da, genitive marker) + 物 (mono, “thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|けだもの}} 獣(けだもの) • (kedamono)
  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-Sf9T9Smx Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 14 14 25 16 6 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ke̞mo̞no̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けもの)), kemono [romanization]
Etymology: Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 物 (mono, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kemono}}, {{compound|ja|毛|物|sort=けもの|t1=hair|t2=thing|tr1=ke|tr2=mono}} 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 物 (mono, “thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|けもの}} 獣(けもの) • (kemono)
  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast Derived forms: 獣耳: kemonomimi (kemonomimi) (ruby: (けもの), (みみ)), 獣道 (kemonomichi) (ruby: (けもの), (みち))
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-Sf9T9Smx1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 14 14 25 16 6 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɕiɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しし)), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|shishi}}, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しし}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sisi|sort=しし}} Proto-Japonic *sisi Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし}} 獣(しし) • (shishi)
  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-sbd~Knfr Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 10 37 19 3 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 9 9 40 19 3 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 10 10 40 19 3 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 14 14 25 16 6 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 9 9 41 19 3 19
  2. (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-Kno7dLpb Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 14 14 25 16 6 26
  3. (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring Tags: archaic, slang Synonyms: 娼婦
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-S8oQZcMF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 獣食った報い (shishi kutta mukui) (ruby: (しし), (), (むく))
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑɨː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (じゅう)), [romanization], ziu [romanization], じう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/ From Middle Chinese 獸/兽 (syuwᴴ, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=じゅう}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-noun|じゅう|hhira=じう}} 獣(じゅう) • (jū) ^(←じう (ziu)?)
  1. beast Derived forms: 一角獣: a unicorn (ikkakujū) (ruby: (いっ), (かく), (じゅう)), 益獣 (ekijū) (ruby: (えき), (じゅう)) (english: beneficial animal), 怪獣: a monster (kaijū) (ruby: (かい), (じゅう)) (english: generally a big animal monster, like Godzilla or Mothra), 害獣 (gaijū) (ruby: (がい), (じゅう)) (english: harmful animal), 麝香獣: moschiferous animal (musk deer, civet, etc) (ruby: (じゃ), (こう), (じゅう)), 獣医 (jūi) (ruby: (じゅう), ()) (english: a veterinarian), 獣姦: bestiality (jūkan) (ruby: (じゅう), (かん)) (english: sexual activity), 尾獣 (bijū) (ruby: (), (じゅう)) (english: tailed beast), 雷獣 (raijū) (ruby: (らい), (じゅう)) (english: a thunder beast) Related terms: 獣を逐う者は目に太山を見ず (jū o ou mono wa me ni taizan o mizu) (ruby: (じゅう), (), (もの), (), (たい), (ざん), ())
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-G~QXvYcW Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 16 16 19 13 7 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 14 14 25 16 6 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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          "ref": "1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス [Mon Larvas]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:",
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          "roman": "musk deer, civet, etc",
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              "香",
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Download raw JSONL data for 獣 meaning in Japanese (11.7kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "獣"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "獣",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.