牛

Proverb

birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows

Idiomatic expression

to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow

American bison (Bison bison); buffalo

homogenized milk; homogenised milk

Jocular, humorous term; Pun on 馬勝った, which is ateji for うまかった

(that was) delicious

Proverb

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo

Proverb

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo

Proverb

one should not rush to make a profit; business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)

Proverb

do not go lie down after eating (because it is considered rude); if you lie down soon after eating, you will become a cow

powdered milk

certified milk

Indian buffalo

using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease

black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)

to take the lead in; to control; to be the leader

zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)

bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)

beef loin steak

Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)

processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture

tallow acid; tallowate

great burdock sold covered with soil

nonhomogenized milk; unhomogenized milk