馬うま追おい

noun

loading a horse with passengers or baggage

Historical term for the act of loading a horse with people or goods. Rare in modern usage outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの旅たびでは、馬うま追おいが重じゅう要ような作さ業ぎょうだった。

  During travel in the Edo period, loading a horse was an important task.

noun

driving a horse into a pen

Historical term for herding a horse into an enclosure. Rare in modern usage.

• 馬うま追おいの作さ業ぎょうは、牧ぼく場じょうでよく見みられた。

  The work of driving horses into a pen was often seen on ranches.

noun

Hexacentrus japonicus; Hexacentrus unicolor; katydid species

Abbreviation of 馬追虫 (うまおいむし). Refers to specific katydid species. The name likely comes from the insect's call resembling a horse driver's whistle.

See also: 馬追虫

• 夏なつの夜よる、馬うま追おいの鳴なき声ごえが聞きこえる。

  On summer nights, you can hear the call of the katydid.