How to say "wolf" in Japanese

• 食らうくらうCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb sense 'to wolf (down)': eating or drinking quickly and greedily, as in knocking something back. The word is vulgar, so it belongs to rough, blunt speech rather than polite description.
  毒どくを食くらわば皿さらまで。↗

  As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
• 狼おおかみCommon
  nounThis is the animal itself, Canis lupus, and the word you want for the noun 'wolf'. Use it whenever you mean the creature, not the act of eating greedily.
  その少年しょうねんは狼おおかみが来くると言いった。↗

  The boy said a wolf would come.

Use 狼 for the animal itself, the noun sense of 'wolf', and 「食らう」 only for the verb 'to wolf down' food or drink, which it expresses with a vulgar tone.

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• 食らうくらうto eat
• 狼おおかみwolf (Canis lupus)
• ウルフwolf
• 豺狼さいろうwolf