Cow

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with C

Translation

The Japanese word for "Cow" is ushi 牛.

  • Cow Terminology
    In English, a Cow is technically the term for female adult Cattle. The male Cow is called a Bull. In Japanese, ushi 牛 is gender-neutral, and refers to either a Cow or a Bull. The terms meushi 雌牛 and oushi 牡牛 refer to female and male Cattle specifically.
Romaji u shi
Hiraganaうし
Katakanaウシ
Kanji 牛
School Level 小２

Loan-word

The word "Cow" katakanized would be kau カウ.
Romaji ka u
Katakanaカウ
Hiraganaかう

Trivia

  • "Cowboy" in Japanese is kaubooi カウボーイ.
meushi 雌牛
meushi 雌牛
oushi 牡牛
oushi 牡牛

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: Cow (牛)
Dairy Cow, Milch Cow, Milk Cow, ushi-kamoshika 牛羚羊, oushi 牡牛, kyoseigyuu 去勢牛, koushi 子牛, kouji 子牛, chikugyuu 畜牛, meushi 雌牛.