(ひつじ)

ひつじ
noun
sheep
1. sheep
A domesticated ruminant animal kept for its wool and meat. Counter: (ひき) or (とう).
(ひつじ)いる
There are sheep.
Make a sweater from sheep's wool.
They say counting sheep makes you sleepy.
Sheep are animals that move in flocks.
I hear that in spring they shear the sheep at the ranch and spin the wool into yarn to sell.

(ひつじ) refers to sheep, a domesticated animal raised for wool and meat.

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RELATED WORDS:

  • 羊毛(ようもう): wool
  • 羊肉(ようにく): mutton/lamb (meat)
  • ラム: lamb (meat, from English)
  • 牧羊(ぼくよう): sheep farming

ZODIAC:
One of the twelve zodiac animals. Written as (ひつじ) in zodiac context (未年(ひつじどし) - Year of the Sheep).

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