すいぎゅう
Suigyuu
Also read: スイギュウ
水牛 (Suigyuu) is a Japanese noun meaning “water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), domestic Asian water buffalo, wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), Asian water buffalo”.
Meanings
- nounwater buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo
- nounwild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
Examples
水牛は牛に似ている。
A buffalo is akin to an ox.
あれは牛ですか水牛ですか。
Is that a cow or a buffalo?
水牛は大きな角をもっている。
Buffaloes have big horns.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).