1.
livestock, domestic animal
Animals raised on farms for food, labor, or other products, such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens.
家畜を飼育する農家。
A farmer who raises livestock.
家畜の伝染病が発生した。
An infectious disease broke out among the livestock.
家畜に餌をやる。
To feed the livestock.
COMPOSITION: 家 (house, domestic) + 畜 (livestock, animal). Literally "domestic animals."
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 家畜を飼う/飼育する (to raise livestock)
- 家畜小屋 (livestock shed)
- 家畜伝染病 (livestock epidemic)
- 家畜市場 (livestock market)
- 家畜の糞 (livestock manure)
COMMON LIVESTOCK:
- 牛 (cattle)
- 豚 (pig)
- 羊 (sheep)
- 鶏 (chicken)
- 馬 (horse)
- 山羊 (goat)
RELATED TERMS:
- 畜産 (livestock farming)
- 飼育 (breeding, raising)
- 酪農 (dairy farming)
- 野生動物 (wild animals - contrast)
- ペット (pet - for companion animals)
Related Words
Related:
飼育 (breeding)