Illustration: Beside an Edo-period village irrigation channel, a living dragon lowers its great whiskered head toward a farmer's wooden water bucket. Its long scaled body loops behind it along the bank, with branching horns, four clawed legs, and a mane clearly visible.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

竜りゅう

ryuu

dragon

Example sentences

  1. 竜りゅうは想像上そうぞうじょうの動物どうぶつだ。

    A dragon is a creature of fancy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 上うえの左端ひだりはしの動物どうぶつは、竜りゅうのつもりでしょう。

    The animal in the top left-hand corner is meant to be a dragon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしはずっと竜りゅうが見みたかったのですが、竜りゅうは現実げんじつの生物せいぶつではないのです。

    I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 竜

  • 竜dragon; imperialOnリュウ・リョウ・ロウKunたつ・いせ

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