四獣

しじゅう

four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)

神獣

しんじゅう

divine beasts

四足獣

しそくじゅう

quadruped, four-footed animal

神獣鏡

しんじゅうきょう

ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals

半獣神

はんじゅうしん

goat-god, satyr, Pan, Faunus

四神

しじん

four gods said to rule over the four directions

四神相応

しじんそうおう

an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

獣

けもの けだもの じゅう ケダモノ しし

beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)

三角縁神獣鏡

さんかくぶちしんじゅうきょう

triangular rimmed ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals

半獣

はんじゅう

half-human and half-beast

瑞獣

ずいじゅう

auspicious beast (i.e. qilin)

雷獣

らいじゅう

(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

獣行

じゅうこう

brutal or bestial act

珍獣

ちんじゅう

rare (or peculiar) animal

獣人

じゅうじん けものびと けものびと、じゅうじん

(fictional) fusion of human and animal, therianthrope, furry, human beast

百獣

ひゃくじゅう

all kinds of animals

獣道

けものみち ししどう

animal trail

禽獣

きんじゅう

birds and animals

獣偏

けものへん ししへん

kanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left