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The Japanese word for pig is

ぶた - buta



pig

Japanese Definition


pig
     1. 名詞. ぶた
     2. 名詞. (俗)警察官



Translations for pig and their definitions

     1. n. (from late 1480s) pig; swine
     2. n. (from 1703) (derogatory) a fat person, an unattractive woman
     3. n. (from 1846) pork q, the meat
     4. n. (from 1960) a wild boar
           (synonyms, ja, 猪, tr1=i, inoshishi)
     5. n. (from 1723) a hand of cards worth zero (such as 8–9–3 totalling 20, which is equivalent to zero), in Baccarat-like three-card games such as おいちょかぶ
     6. n. (from ???) (colloquial poker) syn of ja, ハイカード, tr=hai kādo, , high card: a no pair, a hand without even a pair q, probably a modification of the term for a zero-valued card hand



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