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    3. 鹿

    鹿

    鹿しか

    deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

    KMT6News #10+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    しかかせぎかろくシカ

    Noun

    1.
    deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid

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    山やまには鹿しかがたくさんいます。

    There are many deer in the mountains.

    KMT3AnimalsNature & Environment
    奈な良ら公こう園えんでは鹿しかが自はじ由ゆうに歩あるき回まわっています。

    Deer roam freely in Nara Park.

    KMT6AnimalsTravel & TransportationCulture & Traditions
    鹿しかは草そう食しょく動どう物ぶつで、主おもに草くさや木きの葉はを食たべます。

    Deer are herbivores and mainly eat grass and leaves.

    KMT6AnimalsNature & Environment
    鹿しかの角つのは毎まい年とし春はるに抜ぬけ落おち、夏なつには新あたらしい角つのが生はえてきます。

    Deer antlers fall off every spring, and new ones grow in the summer.

    KMT7AnimalsNature & Environment
    日に本ほんの昔むかし話ばなしには、神かみの使つかいとして鹿しかとうじょうすることが登よくあ場りますることがよくあります。

    Deer often appear as messengers of the gods in Japanese folk tales.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsAnimalsLiterature

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    鹿
    しか・か…(2)
    deer
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