Literature
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Animals
Animals どうぶつ
Everyone likes to talk about what pets they have, what animal is their favourite, etc. Here is a list of the animals I know. I may have missed a few though... If you'd like to learn the names for insects, please check the "Insects" vocabulary list.
But before I get to that, I thought the Zodiac was worth mentioning.
Zodiac, じゅうにし
In Western Countries, the zodiac we use are based on the constellations i.e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. The Japanese also have a zodiac, but their's h