獣
N1けだもの kedamono
- beast
- brute
noun
Chinese meanings
野兽;兽
Examples
- 原始人はどう猛な獣を見ておびえた。The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.原始人看到凶猛的野兽感到害怕。
- 人間は、考え、話すことができるという点で、獣と違う。Men differ from brutes in that they can think and speak.人与野兽不同之处在于能够思考和说话。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0f9f515d94'); // 獣
{
"id": "0f9f515d94",
"word": "獣",
"reading": "けだもの",
"romaji": "kedamono",
"meanings": [
"beast",
"brute"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1335590,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "原始人はどう猛な獣を見ておびえた。",
"en": "The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.",
"tatoeba_id": 175007
},
{
"ja": "人間は、考え、話すことができるという点で、獣と違う。",
"furigana": "{人間|にんげん}は、{考|かんが}え、{話|はな}すことができるという{点|てん}で、{獣|けだもの}と{違|ちが}う。",
"en": "Men differ from brutes in that they can think and speak.",
"tatoeba_id": 144332
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "12a37d4a0e8dd753dbbe7fe665d25dd7b2a43bfd256b0023240231ac1c3c7794",
"meanings": [
"野兽",
"兽"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "原始人はどう猛な獣を見ておびえた。",
"zh": "原始人看到凶猛的野兽感到害怕。"
},
{
"ja": "人間は、考え、話すことができるという点で、獣と違う。",
"zh": "人与野兽不同之处在于能够思考和说话。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/0f9f515d94",
"JMdict ent_seq 1335590; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "573ec56efe7cc2af3bdf65c198467b7ece6ae92b42b96a76d6783d3eed4909be",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}