Translation guideAudiokoalaThe animal koala. In Japanese, it is almost always referred to by the loanword コアラ.1The animalReferring to the koala as an animal.コアラRecommendedコアラFrequencyTop 20,000The standard Japanese word for koala, borrowed from English. Used in all contexts.オーストラリアでコアラを見みました。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI saw a koala in Australia.コアラはユーカリの葉はを食たべます。Break this sentence down in the analyzer子こ守もり熊ぐまLiteraryこもりぐまA rare, literal kanji rendering meaning 'child-minding bear'. Almost never used in modern Japanese; コアラ is overwhelmingly preferred.
コアラRecommendedコアラFrequencyTop 20,000The standard Japanese word for koala, borrowed from English. Used in all contexts.オーストラリアでコアラを見みました。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI saw a koala in Australia.コアラはユーカリの葉はを食たべます。Break this sentence down in the analyzer
子こ守もり熊ぐまLiteraryこもりぐまA rare, literal kanji rendering meaning 'child-minding bear'. Almost never used in modern Japanese; コアラ is overwhelmingly preferred.