きりん【麒麟】

kirin

1. giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
2. qilin (Chinese unicorn)
3. horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

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麒麟
麒麟きりん児じ

kirinji

1. child prodigy; wonder child

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麒麟児
獲麟かくりん

kakurin

1. the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings)
2. one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

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獲麟
きりんそう【麒麟草】

kirinsō

1. Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)

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麒麟草
麒麟きりん血けつ

kirinketsu

1. dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.

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麒麟血
きりんさい【麒麟菜】

kirinsai

1. Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)

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麒麟菜
きりんれいよう【麒麟羚羊】

kirinreiyō

1. gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle

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麒麟羚羊
麒麟きりんも老おいぬれば駑馬どばに劣おとる

kirimmo oi nureba dobani otoru

1. even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

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麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る
マサイきりん【マサイ麒麟】

masaikirin

1. masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii); maasai giraffe

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マサイ麒麟
もっきりん【木麒麟】

mokkirin

1. Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry

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木麒麟

麟

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