Kanji牛
Readingうし
Frequency33%
Used in (82 in total)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
bull; ox; steer
ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster
calf; small cow
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
cow; heifer
cow shed; cattle barn
cattleman; raising cattle
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
Kobe beef; Kobe cattle
cowhide; oxhide
black cattle
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
rustler; cattle thief
Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
(breeding) bull
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
do not go lie down after eating (because it is considered rude); (lit.) if you lie down soon after eating, you will become a cow
round steak; beef round
Tajima cattle (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima beef
caramel-coloured cow
cattle plague; rinderpest
brindled ox; spotted cow
Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
calfskin; calf leather
to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; (lit.) to straighten the horns and kill the cow
rustler; cattle thief
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
lying bull statue (oft. rubbed to ease ailments, etc.)
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
ox seller; ox vendor
birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows
to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good; (lit.) to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
slow and steady wins the race; little by little, one goes far; consistency is key
(that was) delicious
kanji "cow" radical at left (radical 93)
fast cow; fast ox
female calf; young heifer; heifer calf
to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; (lit.) to come out from the darkness with a cow
even a clever woman is bound to mess up; a woman's intelligence only goes so far; female sagacity overreaches itself; (lit.) a clever woman fails to sell a cow
learn to crawl before you learn to walk; (lit.) until you ride a horse, ride a cow
calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; (lit.) slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo
there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; (lit.) fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo
one should not rush to make a profit; (lit.) business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP
ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn
muskox (Ovibos moschatus); musk ox
bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
zebu; humped cattle
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
Ushida Station (Aichi)