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畜殺場 (ちくさつじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

畜ちく殺さつ場じょう

also: ちくさつば

ち

く

さ

つ

じょ

う

Meanings

1

noun

slaughterhouse; abattoir

A facility where livestock are slaughtered for meat. The term is straightforward and neutral.

この町まちには大おおきな畜ちく殺さつ場じょうがある。
There is a large slaughterhouse in this town.
畜ちく殺さつ場じょうで働はたらく人ひと々

びと

は

衛えい

生せい

管かん

理り

を

徹てっ

底てい

し

て

いる

。

People working at the slaughterhouse strictly follow hygiene management.

Written forms

畜殺場
- ちくさつじょう
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ちくさつじょう is the most common.
- ちくさつば
  Alternate reading; ちくさつば is also used, though less common than ちくさつじょう.
ちくさつば

Kanji

畜livestock, domestic fowl and animals
殺kill, murder, butcher
場location, place

Similar words

屠と殺さつ場じょう
屠殺場 is a synonym also meaning slaughterhouse, but 畜殺場 is more common in modern usage.

Etymology

Compound of 畜 (chiku, 'livestock'), 殺 (satsu, 'kill'), and 場 (jō/ba, 'place'). The reading じょう is the standard on'yomi for 場 in compounds, while ば is a common kun'yomi variant.