black panther
Refers to melanistic leopards or jaguars. In Japanese, often used in the same way as in English, for the animal or as a metaphor.
I saw a black panther at the zoo.
He moved as swiftly as a black panther.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Katakana spelling, common in biological or stylistic contexts.
Compound of 黒 (kuro, 'black') and 豹 (hyō, 'leopard/panther').