cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
raging bull; ferocious bull
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
cattleman; raising cattle
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
snail's pace; slow progress
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
butcher's knife; chef's knife
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
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
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
restive bull (esp. in bull riding)
calculus bovis; ox bezoar; cattle gallstone
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
Yoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
cattle slaughter (for food)
adult cattle; mature cattle
Cynanchum caudatum (species of swallowwort)
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries
Tajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima cattle
cattle plague; rinderpest
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
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
(having, there being) a great number of books
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
rice covered with beef and vegetables
Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
shorthorn; short-horned cattle
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)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
kanji "cow" radical at left (radical 93)
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows
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
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
American bison (Bison bison); buffalo
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
homogenized milk; homogenised milk
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)
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
burdock root seasoned with sesame
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
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)
Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; (lit.) being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer); Cape buffalo
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
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)
to take the lead in; to control; to be the leader
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
women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; (lit.) even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow
to be overanxious; to worry needlessly
processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture
to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good; (lit.) to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
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
sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
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)