巨きょ獣じゅう

noun

large animal; giant beast

Refers to any very large animal, often with a sense of awe or in fantasy contexts. Can be used for real megafauna or fictional monsters.

• その森もりには巨きょ獣じゅうが住すんでいるという伝でん説せつがある。

  There is a legend that a giant beast lives in that forest.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで巨きょ獣じゅうの骨こっ格かく標ひょう本ほんを見みた。

  I saw a skeletal specimen of a large animal at the museum.