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kemono

Syllables: ke·mo·noUK/kɛˈməʊ.nəʊ//kɛˈmoʊ.noʊ/

kemono is the clipping of kemonomimi.

Meaning of kemonomimi

Noun

kemonomimi (plural kemonomimi or kemonomimis)

  1. (Japanese) A humanoid fictional character who has animal ears and/or tail(s).
    Synonyms:
    kemono

Forms of kemono

pluralkemono
pluralkemonos

Origin of kemono

Borrowed from Japanese 獣 (kemono, “beast”).

Words that rhyme with kemono

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Questions about kemono

What is kemono the clipping of?
Kemono is the clipping of kemonomimi.
How do you pronounce kemono?
Kemono is pronounced /kɛˈməʊ.nəʊ/ (UK).

Words near kemono in the dictionary

  1. Kemnitzes
  2. kemo sabe
  3. kemo sabes
  4. kemong
  5. kemongs
  6. kemono
  7. kemonomimi
  8. kemonomimis
  9. kemonos
  10. kemosabe
  11. kemosabes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kemono (page history and authors); kemonomimi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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