| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 狼 | おおかみ, オオカミ | wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus) |
| タスマニア狼 | タスマニアおおかみ | Tasmanian wolf |
| シメニア狼 | シメニアおおかみ | simenian wolf (carnivore, Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, Ethiopian wolf |
| エチオピア狼 | エチオピアおおかみ | Ethiopian wolf (carnivore, Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, simenian wolf |
| 狼狽える | うろたえる | to be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind |
| 餓狼 | がろう | hungry wolf |
| 周章狼狽 | しゅうしょうろうばい | consternation, fall into a panic, fluster oneself, dismay, discomfiture |
| 送り狼 | おくりおおかみ | "gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her |
| 天狼星 | てんろうせい | the Dog Star, Sirius |
| 落花狼藉 | らっかろうぜき | running amok (amuck), committing violence on, in utter disorder |