牛うし
Meanings
Noun
1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
It is often used to feed to animals such as cattle.
2. beef
usu. ぎゅう
Is the meat beef?
3. Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
when read as "ぎゅう"
Kanji used
cow
Pitch accent
う
し
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
bull; ox; steer
ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster
calf; small cow
bull; ox; steer
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
cow; heifer
cow; heifer
calf; small cow
cattleman; raising cattle
Kobe beef; Kobe cattle
calf; small cow
black cattle
cow's tongue; sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
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)
(breeding) bull
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
round steak; beef round
Tajima cattle (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima beef
brindled ox; spotted cow
rustler; cattle thief
rustler; cattle thief
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
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
(that was) delicious
kanji "cow" radical at left (radical 93)
round steak; beef round
round steak; beef round
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
fast cow; fast ox
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
calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
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)
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP
Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn
muskox (Ovibos moschatus); musk ox
zebu; humped cattle
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
Examples (28 in total)
Is the meat beef?
A horse or a cow is fine.
How many cows do you have?