家か禽きん

noun

domestic fowl; poultry

Refers to birds raised for eggs, meat, or feathers, such as chickens, ducks, and turkeys. A somewhat formal or technical term; in everyday conversation, specific bird names like 鶏 (にわとり) are more common.

• 家か禽きんの飼し育いくは農のう業ぎょうの重じゅう要ような一いち部ぶです。

  Raising poultry is an important part of agriculture.

• この地ち域いきでは家か禽きんとして主おもに鶏にわとりが飼かわれている。

  In this region, chickens are mainly kept as domestic fowl.