Your search matched 20 words, 1 kanji and 8 sentences.
Search Terms: 獅*

Dictionary results(showing 20 results)


noun
1.
lion
See also:ライオン
2.
left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
See also:狛犬
Other readings:
師子【しし】

noun
sphinx(usually kana)
Other readings:
スフィンクス
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun
lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
Other readings:
獅子舞い【ししまい】

noun
1.
lion mask(only relevant for ししがしら)
2.
Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)(usually kana)
Other readings:
シシガシラ

noun
1.
Leo (constellation), the Lion(astronomy term)
2.
Buddha's seat, seat of a high monk(Buddhist term)
See also:獅子の座
Other readings:
獅子座【ししざ】

noun
treacherous friend, snake in one's bosom, treacherous insider(yojijukugo)

noun
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)(usually kana)
Other readings:
シシバナザル

noun, no-adjective, adverbial noun, auxillary suru verb
being irresistible, being furiously vigorous, being intensely forceful(yojijukugo)

noun
Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)(usually kana)
Other readings:
シシラン

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 13 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Common kanji
lion
KUN:
  • しし
    shishi
ON:
  • shi

Sentence results (showing 8 results)


"I will let you pass safely," the Sphinx said, "if you can answer my riddle.

Suddenly, the Sphinx raised its head

Let sleeping dogs lie

The Sphinx began to walk around him

When he was about to pass, the Sphinx jumped in front of him

This terrible monster was the Sphinx

The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them

こんかい
今回
せい
成果
かれ
彼の
ふんじん
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はた
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たまもの
賜物
Our latest results are the fruit of his furious efforts