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羊 (ひつじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

羊ひつじ

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the animal sheep (Ovis aries).

牧ぼく場じょうに羊ひつじがたくさんいる。
There are many sheep on the farm.

羊ひつじの毛けでセーターを編あんだ。

I knitted a sweater from sheep's wool.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が羊ひつじを飼かうto raise/keep sheep
祖そ父ふは山やまで羊ひつじを飼かっている。
My grandfather keeps sheep in the mountains.
羊ひつじの毛けを刈かるto shear a sheep's wool
春はるになると羊ひつじの毛けを刈かる。
When spring comes, they shear the sheep's wool.
羊ひつじを数かぞえるto count sheep (to fall asleep)
眠ねむれない夜よるは羊ひつじを数かぞえるといい。
On sleepless nights, it helps to count sheep.
羊ひつじが鳴なくa sheep bleats
牧ぼく場じょうで羊ひつじがめーめーと鳴ないている。
The sheep are bleating in the pasture.

Expressions

屠と所しょの羊ひつじdiscouraged person; like a sheep being led to a slaughterhouse
贖しょく罪ざいの羊ひつじsacrificial lamb
迷まよえる羊ひつじstray sheep; lost sheep

Kanji

羊sheep

Related words

子こ羊ひつじ
羊 is the general word for sheep of any age, while 子羊 specifically means a young sheep, i.e. a lamb.

Don't confuse with

ヤギ
羊 is a sheep, while 山羊 is a goat—a different, though similarly-looking, farm animal.
未ひつじN1
未 and 羊 share the same ひつじ reading, but 未 is the abstract zodiac-sign/time/direction character while 羊 is the ordinary word for the actual sheep or goat animal.

Counted with

匹ひきN3
The general counter for small and medium animals — dogs, cats, fish, insects; large animals take 頭.
頭とうN3
For large animals (horses, cattle, large dogs) and animals counted as livestock or specimens.

Word family· 10

子こ羊ひつじ
lamb
牡お羊ひつじ
ram; male sheep
羊ひつじ偏へん
kanji 'sheep' radical at left
羊ひつじ痘とう
orf; contagious pustular dermatitis; sheep pox; scabby mouth

Written forms

羊ひつじUsage77%
Standard kanji spelling.
ヒツジUsage18%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in biological contexts or for emphasis.
ひつじUsage5%
Kana spelling, common in children's books or when avoiding kanji.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain, but the word is native Japanese. The kanji 羊 is a pictograph of a sheep.

羊ひつじ革がわ

sheepskin

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オオツノヒツジ
bighorn sheep
羊ひつじ小ご屋や
sheepfold; sheep pen
羊ひつじ飼かい
shepherd; shepherdess
一いち群ぐんの羊ひつじ
flock of sheep
羊ひつじの群むれ
flock of sheep