生き物 — meaning in English
ikimono
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English meaning
- animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- being noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
- creature noun A living being, especially an animal.
- organism noun A complete, living individual thing, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or microbe.
- thing noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.
Senses
生き物 is used for these senses in English:
- animal (science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
- being A living creature.
- creature A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- organism Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]
- thing A living being or creature.
animal — full definition
- noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
- noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
- adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
being — full definition
- noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
- noun The state of existing; existence itself.
- conjunction Given that; since (used to introduce a reason).