59Cards
BeginnerDifficulty
88 minTime
Animals and CreaturesThemes
Overview
The cards keep one lane, giving you an easy way to revisit animals and creatures.
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Cards in This Deck
59 Cards
- 01馬horse馬 offers an approachable start for the Animals and Creatures deck by focusing on the horse.
- 02牛cow牛 follows the horse as another common farm animal, used in the word 牛肉 for beef.
- 03犬dogLearners encounter 犬 early in this set to recognize the character for a dog.
- 04猫cat猫 teaches the kanji for a cat, seen in words like 猫背.
- 05鳥bird, chicken鳥 expands the scope from mammals to birds, useful for reading words like 鳥居.
- 06魚fishTransitioning to aquatic creatures, 魚 identifies fish and appears in 魚釣り.
- 07虫insect, bug, temper虫 brings insects and bugs into the vocabulary mix, anchoring words like 虫歯.
- 08貝shellfish貝 includes shellfish and shells, adding another layer of marine life to the collection.
- 09羽feathers, counter for birds, rabbitsWhile not an animal itself, 羽 relates to feathers and wings, serving as a counter for birds.
- 10鹿deer鹿 stands for a deer and can be seen in the phrase 鹿せんべい.
- 11熊bear熊 adds the bear, a large mammal that builds on the wildlife theme.
- 12亀tortoise, turtle亀 teaches the character for a tortoise or turtle, completing the basic reptiles in this deck.
- 13卵egg, ovum, spawn卵 connects to the animal theme through eggs and spawning, essential for terms like 卵形.
- 14牧breed, care for, shepherd牧 shifts the focus slightly to livestock management, meaning to breed or shepherd animals in a pasture.
- 15飼domesticate, raise, keepComplementing the pasture concept, 飼 provides the verb for keeping or raising domestic animals.
- 16駒pony, horse, colt駒 details a specific type of horse, a pony or colt, and is also used for shogi pieces.
- 17鶴crane, stork鶴 specifies the crane, a distinct large bird that adds variety after the general bird kanji.
- 18鳩pigeon, dove鳩 continues the detailed avian vocabulary with the pigeon or dove.
- 19虎tiger, drunkard虎 broadens the wild mammal category by featuring the tiger.
- 20鷹hawk鷹 denotes a hawk, providing vocabulary for birds of prey like the 鷹匠 (falconer).
- 21獣animal, beast獣 serves as a general term for beasts and wild animals, summarizing the creatures learned so far.
- 22蛇snake, serpent, hard drinker蛇 shifts the focus to slithering reptiles with the kanji for a snake or serpent.
- 23猿monkey猿 brings the monkey into the deck, visible in terms like 猿人.
- 24羊sheep羊 brings another common livestock animal, the sheep, which is the root of 羊毛 (wool).
- 25豚pork, pig豚 adds the pig to the farm animals, familiar to learners through foods like 豚カツ (tonkatsu).
- 26鶏chicken鶏 specifies the chicken or domestic fowl, distinguishing it from the broader bird category.
- 27鯨whale鯨 transitions to large marine mammals by representing the whale.
- 28狐fox狐 focuses on the fox, a common forest creature frequently found in Japanese folklore.
- 29狼wolf狼 continues the wild canine theme established by the fox by meaning wolf.
- 30獅lion獅 supplies the kanji for a lion, useful for reading the word 獅子舞 (lion dance).
- 31雌feminine, female雌 applies specifically to female animals, contrasting with later gendered kanji.
- 32牙tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)牙 relates to animal anatomy, meaning tusk or fang, found in words like 牙城.
- 33牡male牡 marks male animals, allowing learners to specify the sex of livestock like 牡鹿 (stag).
- 34牝female牝 offers another way to denote female animals, pairing directly with words like 牝馬 (mare).
- 35鴨easy mark, wild duck鴨 targets the wild duck, expanding the avian vocabulary with specific waterfowl.
- 36雀sparrow雀 singles out the sparrow, a familiar small bird seen in the word 雀の子 (baby sparrow).
- 37鷺heron鷺 features the heron, completing a set of elegant wading birds.
- 38鵜cormorant鵜 teaches the character for the cormorant, known for traditional fishing practices like 鵜飼い.
- 39鳳male mythical bird鳳 steps into mythology to present the male mythical bird or phoenix, found in 鳳凰.
- 40鵬phoenix鵬 pairs with other mythical creatures by meaning a giant bird or phoenix.
- 41鴻large bird, wild goose, large鴻 covers large wild geese, adding depth to the specific water birds in the set.
- 42鵠swan鵠 teaches the kanji for a swan, broadening the vocabulary of large, graceful birds.
- 43鴎seagull鴎 highlights the seagull, a coastal bird that supplements the marine side of the set.
- 44鮎freshwater trout, smelt鮎 names the sweetfish or freshwater trout, an important specific fish in Japanese vocabulary.
- 45鮫shark鮫 focuses on the shark, expanding the vocabulary to predatory sea creatures.
- 46鯉carp鯉 brings the carp into focus, a fish frequently seen in cultural terms like 鯉のぼり (carp streamers).
- 47蟹crab蟹 features the crab, adding another crustacean alongside the shellfish.
- 48鱒salmon trout鱒 completes the specialized fish kanji with the character for trout.
- 49蝦lobster, prawn, shrimp蝦 bundles shrimp and lobsters, frequently appearing in the word 海老 for edible shrimp.
- 50蜂bee, wasp, hornet蜂 returns to insects to introduce bees and wasps, essential for reading 蜂蜜 (honey).
- 51隼falcon隼 adds the kanji for the falcon, complementing earlier birds of prey like the hawk.
- 52狩hunt, raid, gather狩 focuses on the act of hunting, closely tied to wild animals and tracking game.
- 53猟game-hunting, shooting, game猟 reinforces the hunting theme with a character specifically for game-hunting and hunting dogs (猟犬).
- 54猪boar猪 specifies the wild boar, rounding out the heavy forest mammals in this collection.
- 55狸raccoon, tanuki狸 features the tanuki or raccoon dog, another essential creature of Japanese nature.
- 56餌food, bait, prey餌 relates to feeding animals, meaning bait or prey used in contexts like 餌場 (feeding ground).
- 57牲animal sacrifice, offering牲 brings in an historical context regarding livestock through the concept of animal sacrifice.
- 58巣nest, rookery, hive巣 yields the character for an animal's nest or hive, essential for habitats like cobwebs and rookeries.
- 59皮pelt, skin, hide皮 closes the deck with the word for pelt or skin, referring directly to an animal's hide.