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water buffalo
A large domesticated bovine with broad, curved horns, kept in warm regions of Asia for farm work, milk, and meat.
水牛が田んぼを歩いている。
A water buffalo is walking through the rice field.
その地方では今も水牛で畑を耕す。
In that region they still plow the fields with water buffalo.
水牛の乳から作るチーズは、独特の濃厚な味がする。
Cheese made from water buffalo milk has a distinctively rich flavor.
A large bovine with sweeping curved horns, raised across warm parts of Asia for farm labor, milk, and meat. Its horn is also used for crafts such as 印鑑 (personal seals).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 水牛の角: water buffalo horn
- 水牛の乳: water buffalo milk
- 水牛を飼う: to keep water buffalo
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 野牛: wild ox; bison — a wild bovine, not domesticated
- 牛: cow; cattle — the general word for domestic cattle