N3Noun

🐾Animals

象ぞう

zou

elephant

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Example sentence

母親の象は川の中で小象の体をあらってやります。

The mother elephant bathes her baby in the river.

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Kanji in 象

elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)

Sentences with 象

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
対象	N3	たいしょう	たいしょうtarget; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (i.e., of taxation)
印象	N3	いんしょう	いんしょうimpression
現象	N3	げんしょう	げんしょうphenomenon
抽象	N2	ちゅうしょう	ちゅうしょうabstract
象徴	N1	しょうちょう	しょうちょうsymbol
気象	N1	きしょう	きしょうweather, climate

More Animals words

Word	Reading	Meaning
馬	うま	うまhorse; promoted bishop (in Japanese chess known as shogi)
魚	うお	うおfish (formal)
鬼	おに	おにogre, demon, 'it' (e.g.,in a game of tag)
牛	うし	うしcattle, cow
生物	せいぶつ	せいぶつliving thing, organism
猿	さる	さるmonkey
虎	とら	とらtiger
生き物	いきもの	いきものliving thing, creature

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