うま
Meanings
Noun
1. horse
2. horse racing
when read as "うま"
3. promoted bishop
when read as "うま"
Kanji used
horse
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (112 in total)
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
white horse; unrefined sake
person of doubtful origin
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
votive picture (originally of horse)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
horse; horsie
packhorse; workhorse; hack
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)
mare; filly
studhorse; stallion; breeding horse
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus
packhorse driver
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
stilts (for walking); hobby horse
stable; barn
pack horse
long thin face; Black Scraper (fish)
unsaddled horse
unburdened horse
owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
winning horse; winner
horse market
wild horse
male horse
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
dark-colored horse with a lustrous coat (coloured); white horse
mare; filly
untamed horse; unbroken horse; wild horse; bronco
male horse
buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; blind imitation
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to get along well with
live horse; living horse
hung like a horse; big-dicked
bucking horse; unmanageable horse
front runner
cavalry; cavalry battle
horses owned; horse owned
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries; horse led by a rope
bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
scrawny horse
dark horse (candidate)
(game of) leapfrog; leapfrogging
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
riding horse; saddle horse
bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
come-from-behind horse
native Japanese horse
stablehand; groom
a daimyo's (mounted) guards or retainers
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; cave cricket; spider cricket
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
breaking in a horse
wood sledge
kanji "horse" radical at left
horse doctor; horse veterinarian
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) wind (blowing) into a horse's ear
person of doubtful origin
stablehand; groom
wild horse; unmanageable horse
dead horse; stupid horse; useless horse; crowbait
sire (horse)
birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows
Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate Prefecture)
come-from-behind horse
breaking in a horse
Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate Prefecture)
equine influenza; horse flu
low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)
even an unruly horse can be tamed
even an unruly horse can be tamed
Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii); Dzungarian horse
broodmare (horse breeding)
to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good; (lit.) to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
horse botfly
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; cave cricket; spider cricket
buttercup (Ranunculus japonicus)
buttercup (Ranunculus japonicus)
great seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi); Kellogg's seahorse; offshore seahorse
thrips (any insect of order Thysanoptera); thrip
horse that bites people; biter
building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds)
yearling; one-year-old horse; first menstruation; sanitary napkin used during first menstruation
horse armor; horse armour
horse armor; horse armour
speckled horse
Examples (54 in total)
This is a horse.
He fell off the horse.
That's his horse.