List: Animal

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• qilin (Chinese unicorn)
• horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• tiger (Panthera tigris)
• drunkard, drunk, sot

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• mouse, rat
• dark gray, slate gray

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

• snake
• serpent, large snake

Wordusually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), hippo

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  archaic 

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
• sly person
• idiot, hick
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
• bathhouse prostitute

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic) 

• sheep (Ovis aries)

Wordgikun or jukujikun  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• goat

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

• deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid