List: Animal

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

• tortoise, turtle
• heavy drinker
• turtle crest, turtle mon

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

• lion
• left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• duck
• easy mark, sucker, sitting duck

Wordpopular  irregular kanji usage  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• frog
• kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• whale (Cetacea spp.)

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

• dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• fish

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• octopus
• fool, idiot

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• domestic duck

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• rhinoceros