Word Meaning 恐竜

きょうりゅう kyouryuu

恐竜 is read as きょうりゅう (kyouryuu) and means dinosaur.

Meaning

English

  1. dinosaur

Reading

Kana

きょうりゅう

Romaji

kyouryuu

Writing Variants

  • 恐龍 きょうりゅう kyouryuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 14758 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

羽毛恐竜

うもうきょうりゅう

feathered dinosaurs

恐慌

きょうこう

panic

恐縮

きょうしゅく

shrinking back in fear

恐怖症

きょうふしょう

phobia

恐喝

きょうかつ

blackmail

りゅう

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)

東部土竜

とうぶもぐら

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

首長竜

くびながりゅう

plesiosaur

西部土竜

せいぶもぐら

Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)

東土竜

あずまもぐら

small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)

金土竜

きんもぐら

golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)

薄色西部土竜

うすいろせいぶもぐら

broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)

Example Sentences

9

He has a dinosaur on his head!

Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

Birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

Dinosaurs are now extinct.

Dinosaurs used to rule the earth.

He was accused of stealing dinosaur bones.

The dinosaurs in the film "Jurassic Park" were true-to-life.

Those shadows appeared in a way like giant dinosaurs, with a long neck and a very big jaw without teeth.