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expression
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better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull, better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization, better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond(yojijukugo)
expression
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better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion, better be first in a village than second at Rome, better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow(proverb)
Other readings:
鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ【けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ】
noun
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noun
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aurochs, urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
See also:オーロックス
noun
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expression, Godan-gu verb
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to be overanxious, to worry needlessly(idiom )
noun
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Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)(Buddhist term)
noun
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flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)(usually kana)(牛尾魚 is gikun)
Other readings:
こち《牛尾魚》
、コチ
noun
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strong bull(archaism)
Other readings:
特牛【こというじ】
、特牛【こってい】
、特牛【こっていうし】
、特牛【こってうし】
、特牛【こっとい】
、特牛【ことい】
、特牛【こといのうし】
noun
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great burdock (Arctium lappa)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ごんぼ《牛蒡》
、うまふぶき《牛蒡》[1]
、ゴボウ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴボウアザミ
noun
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stone wall construction technique, with smallest stone surfaces facing outwards, burdock piling
noun
1.
pulling something out (in a stroke), plucking out
2.
forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
3.
overtaking multiple people (in a spurt), pulling ahead
Other readings:
牛蒡抜き【ごぼうぬき】
noun
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bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ササウシノシタ
noun
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zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
しまうしのした《縞牛舌》
、シマウシノシタ
noun
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muskox (Ovibos moschatus), musk ox(usually kana)
Other readings:
ジャコウウシ
noun
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Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)(Buddhist term)
noun
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Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ステラーカイギュウ
expression, Godan-su verb
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to throw the baby out with the bath water, to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point, to straighten the horns and kill the cow(idiom )
noun
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cow
See also:雌牛
Other readings:
母牛【ははうじ】[1]
、母牛【はわうじ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)(usually kana)
Other readings:
みすじまいまい《三条舞舞》
、ミスジマイマイ
noun
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cow, heifer
See also:牡牛
Other readings:
雌牛【めうじ】[1]
、牝牛【めうし】
、牝牛【びんぎゅう】
、牝牛【めうじ】[1]
、牝牛【うなめ】[1]
、牝牛【おなめ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
noun
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American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヨウシュヤマゴボウ