家畜(かちく) かちく noun livestock, domestic animal 1. livestock, domestic animal Animals raised on farms for food, labor, or other products, such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens. 家畜(かちく)を飼育(しいく)する農家(のうか)。 A farmer who raises livestock. 家畜(かちく)の伝染病(でんせんびょう)が発生(はっせい)した。 An infectious disease broke out among the livestock. この地域(ちいき)では古(ふる)くから家畜(かちく)を育(そだ)てて生活(せいかつ)してきた。 In this region, people have been raising livestock for a living since long ago. COMPOSITION: 家(か) (house, domestic) + 畜(ちく) (livestock, animal). Literally "domestic animals."COMMON COLLOCATIONS:家畜(かちく)を飼(か)う/飼育(しいく)する (to raise livestock)家畜(かちく)小屋(ごや) (livestock shed)家畜(かちく)伝染病(でんせんびょう) (livestock epidemic)家畜(かちく)市場(しじょう) (livestock market)家畜(かちく)の糞(ふん) (livestock manure)COMMON LIVESTOCK:牛(うし) (cattle)豚(ぶた) (pig)羊(ひつじ) (sheep)鶏(にわとり) (chicken)馬(うま) (horse)山羊(やぎ) (goat)RELATED TERMS:畜産(ちくさん) (livestock farming)飼育(しいく) (breeding, raising)酪農(らくのう) (dairy farming)野生(やせい)動物(どうぶつ) (wild animals - contrast)ペット (pet - for companion animals) Related Words Related: 飼育(しいく) (breeding) Contrast: 野生動物(やせいどうぶつ) (wild animal, wildlife) general Added 2026.1.17 22:34 · Revised 2026.7.9 6:20 06000/06431_kachiku