きりん【麒麟】 - kirin | eevy Japanese Dictionary

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Example Sentences

王おうを得えた麒麟きりんもまた寿命じゅみょうを持もたない生いき物ものだが、この病やまいばかりは治癒ちゆの方法ほうほうがない。

ōo eta kirimmo mata jumyōo motanai ikimonodaga kono yamaibakariwa chiyuno hōhōga nai.

A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

私わたくしは動物どうぶつ園えんに行いくまできりんを見みたことがなかった。

watashiwa dōbutsuenni ikumade kirin'o mita kotoga nakatta

I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.

Characters

Reading

Usually Written in Kana

Written Form

Other Forms

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

きりんじゃない

kirinjanai

The negative form

1. Not a kirin.; Not a qilin.

★ Common

Noun

#330060

きりんだった

kirindatta

The past form

1. Was a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#847782

きりんで

kirinde

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. With a kirin; By means of a kirin

★ Common

Noun

#172751

きりんの

kirinno

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Of kirin; Kirin's

★ Common

Noun

#149742

きりんじゃありません

kirinjārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not a kirin.; I am not a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1000567

きりんじゃないです

kirinjanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It's not a kirin.; I'm not a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#606282

きりんでした

kirindeshita

The polite past form

1. It was a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#569412

きりんです

kirindesu

The polite form

1. Kirin desu;

★ Common

Noun

#407284

きりんでわありません

kirindewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not a kirin.; I am not a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

Common 6 items

きりんじゃなかった

kirinjanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't a kirin.; Wasn't the kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんだろう

kirindarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんじゃありませんでした

kirinjārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not a kirin.; Was not a qilin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんじゃなかったです

kirinjanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. Wasn't a kirin.; Wasn't the kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんでしょう

kirindeshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably a kirin.; Likely a kirin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんでわありませんでした

kirindewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not a kirin.; Was not a qilin.

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

Advanced 3 items

きりんだったら

kirindattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If/when kirin; If/when a kirin

★ Common

Noun

#1000567

きりんであれば

kirindeareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it were a kirin; If a kirin existed

★ Common

Noun

#1285843

きりんなら

kirinnara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If/when a kirin; When a kirin exists

★ Common

Noun

#463065

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