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】
13 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)
麒麟児きりんじ
Nounchild prodigy; wonder child
麒麟血きりんけつ
Noundragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.
麒麟草きりんそう
NounKamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
麒麟菜きりんさい
NounEucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
麒麟座きりんざ
NounCamelopardalis (constellation); the Giraffe
木麒麟もっきりん
NounBarbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus; lemonvine
麒麟羚羊きりんれいよう
Noungerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle
マサイ麒麟マサイきりん
Nounmasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii); maasai giraffe; Kilimanjaro giraffe
秋の麒麟草あきのきりんそう
Noungoldenrod (Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica)
深山秋の麒麟草みやまあきのきりんそう
NounEuropean goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣るきりんもおいぬればどばにおとる
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingeven an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old