List: Animal

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  slang 

• cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
• shamisen
• geisha
• wheelbarrow
• clay bed-warmer
• bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  usually written using kana alone  noun (prefix) 

• dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
• squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy
• loser, asshole
• counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  astronomy 

• cattle (Bos taurus), cow, bull, ox, calf
• beef
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory 

• pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
• pork
• fatso, fatty

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• bird
• bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

• chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken
• chicken meat

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  shogi  card games 

• horse
• horse racing
• promoted bishop
• knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic) 

• bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
• fox (i.e. a sly person)
• soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
• light brown, golden brown