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牛
うし
N3
noun
Meanings
1
cattle
2
cow
3
cattle (Bos taurus)
4
bull
5
beef
6
Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Example sentence
牛は大きくて、おとなしく見えました。
The cows looked big and docile.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 牛 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
牛
Cow
4 strokes
More words with
牛
牛乳
ぎゅうにゅう ·
milk
N5
牛肉
ぎゅうにく ·
beef
N5
牛歩
ぎゅうほ ·
snail's pace
牛丼
ぎゅうどん ·
gyudon
和牛
わぎゅう ·
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle)
Full entry on Jisho
子牛
こうし ·
calf
牛乳
ぎゅうにゅう ·
(cow's) milk
牛津
オックスフォード ·
Oxford
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