yaku

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with ya や

Translation

yaku means "Yak" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.

yaku is normally written with katakana, as ヤク.
yaku written with hiragana is やく.

yaku does not have kanji.

Romaji	ya	ku
Katakana	ヤ	ク
Hiragana	や	く

Further Reading

Wikipedia: ヤク (Yak)