羝てい羊よう

noun

ram (male sheep)

Rare term for a male sheep; in modern Japanese 牡羊 (おひつじ) is far more common. The cross-reference to 牡羊 confirms this is the same animal.

See also: 牡羊

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、羝てい羊ようという表ひょう記きで雄おすの羊ひつじを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, the notation 羝羊 sometimes refers to a male sheep.

noun

person who lives by instinct

Idiomatic and rare; describes someone who acts on impulse or base desires rather than reason. Likely derived from the image of a ram as a creature of instinct.

• 彼かれはまるで羝てい羊ようのように、本ほん能のうのままに生いきている。

  He lives entirely by instinct, just like a ram.