豚ぶた飼かい

noun

swineherd; swine herding

Dated term for a person who herds or tends pigs, or the act of herding pigs. Not commonly used in modern Japanese; more often encountered in historical or literary contexts.

• 昔むかし話ばなしには、豚ぶた飼かいの少しょう年ねんが登とう場じょうする。

  A swineherd boy appears in old tales.

• この地ち域いきではかつて豚ぶた飼かいが盛さかんだった。

  Swine herding was once common in this region.