kemono

English

Etymology

From Japanese (kemono, a beast).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ke‧mo‧no
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

kemono (plural kemono or kemonos)

  1. An Japanese or Japanese-style anthropomorphic animal character.
  2. Clipping of kemonomimi.

Japanese

Romanization

kemono

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けもの
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケモノ