My words

従兄弟

cousin (male)

姪

niece

甥

nephew

生き物

living thing, animal

化け物

goblin, apparition, monster, ghost, phantom, spectre, specter

動物

animal

犬

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.), loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

猫

cat, shamisen, geisha, wheelbarrow, clay bed-warmer, bottom, submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

豚

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), fat person

馬

horse, promoted bishop

羊

sheep (Ovis aries)

猿

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

鼠

mouse, rat, dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour)

兎

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

竜

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook

鹿

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

蛙

frog, kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

蟇

toad

獅子

lion, left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

麒麟

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), qilin (Chinese unicorn), Kirin (brand of beer), horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

象

phenomenon

鳥

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

鶏

(domestic) chicken, chicken (meat)

雀

tree sparrow (Passer montanus), talkative person, knowledgeable person

烏

crow, raven

鷲

eagle (Accipitridae family)

鷹

falcon (Falconidae spp.), hawk

魚

fish

鯛

sea bream (Sparidae), porgy, tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

海老

prawn, shrimp, lobster, crayfish