獣けもの

noun

beast; brute; animal

Refers to wild animals, beasts, or creatures, often with a nuance of ferocity or lack of human reason. The reading けだもの can sound more emphatic or derogatory. The reading じゅう is mainly used in compounds.

• 森もりの中なかで大おおきな獣けものに出で会あった。

  I encountered a large beast in the forest.

• 彼かれは酒さけに酔ようと獣けもののようになる。

  When he gets drunk, he becomes like a brute.

noun

animal with human characteristics (furry subculture)

Only with reading ケモノ

Slang term used within the furry subculture to refer to anthropomorphic animal characters. Typically written in katakana as ケモノ.

• 彼かれはケモノのイラストを描かくのが好すきだ。

  He likes drawing illustrations of anthropomorphic animals.