和牛

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Chinese

mix together; peace; harmony
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 
 ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad.
(和牛) 		和 牛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和牛 (wagyū).

Pronunciation

Noun

和牛

  1. wagyu
  2. wagyu beef

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和 牛
わ
Grade: 3 		ぎゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) • (wagyū) ←わぎう (wagiu)?

  1. wagyu (Japanese breeds of cattle prone to high fat production)
    • 2019 May 12, “Chūgoku ‘wagyū bokujō’, kisha no hōmon ni piripiri ‘nani shi ni kita’ [China ‘wagyu ranch’ on edge during reporter’s visit: ‘what did you come here for?’]”, in Asahi Shimbun:
      和(わ)牛(ぎゅう)の受(じゅ)精(せい)卵(らん)などを中(ちゅう)国(ごく)へ不(ふ)正(せい)に持(も)ち出(だ)そうとしたとして、運(うん)搬(ぱん)に関(かか)わったとされる男(だん)性(せい)らや受(じゅ)精(せい)卵(らん)を提(てい)供(きょう)したとされる畜(ちく)産(さん)農(のう)家(か)が大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)警(けい)に逮(たい)捕(ほ)される事(じ)件(けん)があった。
      Wagyū no juseiran nado o Chūgoku e fusei ni mochidasō to shita to shite, unpan ni kakawatta to sareru dansei-ra ya juseiran o teikyō shita to sareru chikusan nōka ga Ōsaka fukei ni taiho sareru jiken ga atta.
      Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested men allegedly involved in transporting wagyu embryos to China illegally as well as a stock farmer who allegedly supplied the fertilized eggs.
  2. the meat of such cattle
    • 2019 May 12, “Chūgoku ‘wagyū bokujō’, kisha no hōmon ni piripiri ‘nani shi ni kita’ [China ‘wagyu ranch’ on edge during reporter’s visit: ‘what did you come here for?’]”, in Asahi Shimbun:
      「和(わ)牛(ぎゅう)」を提(てい)供(きょう)する店(みせ)が、高(こう)層(そう)ビル群(ぐん)の中(なか)にある。
      “Wagyū” o teikyō suru mise ga, kōsō biru gun no naka ni aru.
      There are a number of restaurants in high-rise buildings offering ‘wagyu’.

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