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牛 kanji
cow
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ギュウ
Kun readings
うし
Words with 牛
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5牛肉Popularbeef
- N5牛乳Popular(cow's) milk
- —牛舎Popularcow shed; cattle barn
- —水牛Popularwater buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
- —和牛PopularWagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
- —牛歩Popularsnail's pace; slow progress
- —牛丼Populargyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
- —牛脂beef tallow
- —牛車ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
- —牛痘cowpox; vaccinia
- —牛馬horses and cattle
- —牛革cowhide; oxhide
- —闘牛bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
- —肉牛beef cattle
- —野牛buffalo
- —乳牛dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
- —役牛work cow; work cattle
- —牛酪butter
- —海牛sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
- —牧牛pasturing cattle