Illustration: An enormous horned, reptilian creature stands between apartment blocks at the edge of a Japanese harbor town, its shoulders rising above the rooftops and its heavy tail curving around a warehouse. Cars and rooftop water tanks establish its impossible scale.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

怪かい獣じゅう

kaijuu

monster

Often used for giant monsters in fiction. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 信しんじてもらえないだろうけど、茂しげみの中なかから怪獣かいじゅうが現あらわれたんだよ。

    Believe it or not, a monster emerged from the bush.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 次つぎの瞬間しゅんかんヘラクレスは怪獣かいじゅうを捕つかまえた。

    The next instant Hercules caught hold of the monster.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 信しんじられないだろうけど、その洞窟どうくつから怪獣かいじゅうが現あらわれたんだ。

    Believe it or not, a monster emerged from the cave.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 怪獣

  • 怪suspicious; mysteryOnカイ・ケKunあやしい・あやしむ
  • 獣animal; beastOnジュウKunけもの・けだもの

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