Animals in Japanese
Japanese -- English
doubutsu -- animals
buta -- pig
hitsuji -- sheep
inu -- dog
kaba -- hippopotamus
kitsune --fox
kirin -- giraffe
kuma -- bear
neko -- cat
nezumi -- mouse
ookami -- wolf
raion -- lion
rakuda -- camel
risu -- squirrel
saru -- monkey
shika -- deer
shimauma -- zebra
tora -- tiger
tori -- bird
usagi -- rabbit
ushi -- cow, ox
uma -- horse
yagi -- goat
zou -- elephant
The counter for small animals is "hiki" and for large animals is "tou".
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Inu ga go-hiki imasu. (There are five dogs.)
Watashi wa kuma o ni-tou mimashita. (I saw two bears.)
