Japanese Animal Vocabulary Pronunciation and Characters

There are kanji characters for hippopotamus (æ ² ³Ã© ¦ ¬), giraffe (é ºâ€™Ã© ºÅ¸), mouse (é ¼  ), camel (é § ±Ã© § ), squirrel (æ  â€"é ¼  ), zebra (ç ¸Å¾Ã© ¦ ¬), rabbit (å…Ž) and goat (Ã¥ ± ±Ã§ ¾Å ), but they are often written in hiragana or katakana.   The counter for small animals is hiki  (Ã¥Å' ¹) and for large animals is tou  (é   ­). Inu ga go-hiki imasu. çŠ ¬Ã£ Å'ä ºâ€Ã¥Å' ¹Ã£ â€žÃ£  ¾Ã£ â„¢. There are five dogs.Watashi wa kuma o  ni-tou mimashita. ç § Ã£  ¯Ã§â€ Å Ã£â€šâ€™Ã¤ ºÅ'é   ­Ã¨ ¦â€¹Ã£  ¾Ã£ â€"㠁Ÿ. I saw two bears. Click the link to hear the pronunciation. doubutsu å‹•ç‰ © animals buta è ±Å¡ pig hitsuji ç ¾Å  sheep inu çŠ ¬ dog kaba 㠁‹ã  ° hippopotamus kitsune ç‹  fox kirin ã‚ ­Ã£Æ' ªÃ£Æ' ³ giraffe kuma 熊 bear neko çÅ' « cat nezumi 㠁 ­Ã£ Å¡Ã£  ¿ mouse ookami ç‹ ¼ wolf raion ãÆ' ©Ã£â€š ¤Ã£â€š ªÃ£Æ' ³ lion rakuda ら㠁 Ã£    camel risu り㠁™ squirrel saru çÅ' ¿ monkey shika é ¹ ¿ deer shimauma 㠁â€"㠁 ¾Ã£ â€ Ã£  ¾ zebra tora 虎 tiger tori é ³ ¥ bird usagi 㠁†ã â€¢Ã£ Å½ rabbit ushi 牛 cow/ox uma é ¦ ¬ horse yagi や㠁Ž goat zou è ± ¡ elephant