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羊 kanji
sheep
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
ひつじ
Words with 羊
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —枝角羚羊pronghorn (Antilocapra americana); prong buck; pronghorn antelope
- —羊水検査amniotic diagnosis
- —亡羊補牢locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost
- —練り羊羹neri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
- —蒸し羊羹steamed yōkan; steamed adzuki-bean jelly
- —羊毛協会Wool Bureau
- —羊毛を刈るto shear sheep
- —羊毛を梳くto card wool
- —メリノ羊毛merino wool
- —羊水過少症oligohydramnios; oligoamnios
- —春秋公羊伝Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang
- —絨毛膜羊膜炎chorioamnionitis; intra-amniotic infection
- —羊毛フェルトneedle felting
- —群羊を駆って猛虎を攻むto group together against a stronger enemy
- —羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売るto cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat
- —羊羮yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
- —綿羊sheep
- —緬羊sheep
- —羊かんyōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
- —芋羊羹(bar of) sweet-potato paste