The Japanese word for pig is
豚
ぶた - butaJapanese Definition
pig | |
1. 名詞. 豚 | |
2. 名詞. (俗)警察官 |
Translations for pig and their definitions
豚 | |
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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