cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
raging bull; ferocious bull
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
ox-headed demon (in hell)
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster
cattleman; raising cattle
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
snail's pace; slow progress
milk delivery; milkman; milk deliverer
cow tail; oxtail; rump of a cow
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
ox-headed demon (in hell)
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
calculus bovis; ox bezoar; cattle gallstone
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
Tajima cattle (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima beef
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa)
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
gyudon from the Yoshinoya chain restaurant
adult cattle; mature cattle
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
cattle slaughter (for food)
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
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
Cynanchum caudatum (species of swallowwort)
long-horned beetle; longicorn; beetle of the cerambycidae family
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
rump of a cow; low-ranking member of a large group
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries
cattle plague; rinderpest
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
morning glory seeds (medicinal use)
shorthorn; short-horned cattle
Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
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
rice covered with beef and vegetables
(having, there being) a great number of books
better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
lying bull statue (oft. rubbed to ease ailments, etc.)
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
homogenized milk; homogenised milk
to be overanxious; to worry needlessly
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
lying bull statue (oft. rubbed to ease ailments, etc.)
simmered burdock root seasoned with sesame and vinegar
sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
American bison (Bison bison); buffalo
to take the lead in; to control; to be the leader
to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good; (lit.) to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
kanji "cow" radical at left (radical 93)
slow and steady wins the race; little by little, one goes far; consistency is key
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Smilax riparia (species of climbing plant)
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
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
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
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
simmered burdock root seasoned with sesame and vinegar
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
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)
garden snail (Euhadra quaesita)
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer); Cape buffalo
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)
using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem
trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease
longhorn; long-horned cattle
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)
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)
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture
great burdock sold covered with soil
nonhomogenized milk; unhomogenized milk
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP
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
learn to crawl before you learn to walk; (lit.) until you ride a horse, ride 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
processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture
filibustering; (lit.) cow tongue tactics
stone wall construction technique, with smallest stone surfaces facing outwards; burdock piling
calf; cattle being reared
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
boneless beef rib; boned beef rib
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.) 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
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
(right to acquire) dead horses and cattle (Edo period)
female calf; young heifer; heifer calf
female calf; young heifer; heifer calf
female calf; young heifer; heifer calf
enzootic bovine leukosis (formerly bovine leukemia)
bovine leukemia (former name for enzootic bovine leukosis)
Ten Ox-Herding Pictures (ten images and accompanying short poems in Zen iconography that use the herding of an ox as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn
scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica); Spanish salsify; viper's grass
zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
muskox (Ovibos moschatus); musk ox
bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)