狼（おおかみ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: wolf
Example sentences
- 狼は群れで行動する動物だ。 — Wolves are animals that act in packs.
- 昔話に狼がよく出てくる。 — Wolves often appear in old folktales.
Idioms & proverbs containing “狼”
- 周章狼狽 (しゅうしょうろうばい) — consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
- 落花狼藉 (らっかろうぜき) — running amok; committing violence on; in utter disorder
- 杯盤狼藉 (はいばんろうぜき) — glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble
- 乱暴狼藉 (らんぼうろうぜき) — running amok; committing an outrage; rampageous behavior
- 前虎後狼 (ぜんここうろう) — one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back
- 虎狼 (ころう) — tigers and wolves
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “狼” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)