Usage patterns 畜ちく 産さん を 行おこな う to practice/engage in animal husbandry
Animal husbandry has been practiced in this region since ancient times.
畜ちく 産さん に 従じゅう 事じ する to work in the livestock farming industry
He has worked in livestock farming for many years.
畜ちく 産さん が 盛さか んだ livestock farming is thriving (in a region)
Hokkaido is known as a region where livestock farming thrives.
Kanji 畜 livestock, domestic fowl and animals 産 products, bear, give birth Related words 牧畜 emphasizes the raising and herding of livestock itself, while 畜産 is the broader industrial/economic term covering livestock farming as a whole.
酪農 specifically means dairy farming, whereas 畜産 covers all livestock farming including meat, eggs, and wool.
養鶏 refers only to poultry farming, a narrower subset of the broader industry called 畜産 .
畜産 refers to raising livestock on land, whereas 養殖 refers to farming aquatic life such as fish or seaweed.
畜産 is the broad term for livestock farming covering cattle, poultry, and pigs, whereas 養豚 refers only to raising pigs.
Word family· 8 livestock farm; animal farm
animal husbandry; animal science
livestock industry; stock raising
animal product; livestock product
intensive animal farming
Show 3 more Show fewer Etymology Compound of 畜 (livestock) and 産 (production). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a standard Sino-Japanese term for animal husbandry.
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