Noun
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Usually written using kana alone
私は動物園に行くまできりんを見たことがなかった。I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo. qilin (Chinese unicorn)
horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
Archaic
Also written 騏驎【きりん】
4 results for *麟
More words
獲麟かくりん
Nounthe end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) · one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)
木麒麟もっきりん
NounBarbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus; lemonvine
マサイ麒麟マサイきりん
Nounmasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii); maasai giraffe; Kilimanjaro giraffe