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sheep
ひつじ
hitsuji
sheep
noun
羊が野原に立っている。
ひつじがのはらにたっている。
Hitsuji ga nohara ni tatte iru.
The sheep is standing in the field.
羊が青々した芝生を食べている。
ひつじがあおあおしたしばふをたべている。
Hitsuji ga aoao shita shibafu o tabete iru.
The sheep is eating the green grass.
農夫が羊の毛を刈っている。
のうふがひつじのけをかっている。
Nōfu ga hitsuji no ke o katte iru.
The farmer is shearing the sheep.
今日、私たちは、ふれあい動物園で羊やヤギと触れ合った。
きょう、わたしたちは、ふれあいどうぶつえんでひつじやヤギとふれあった。
Kyō, watashi-tachi wa, fureai dōbutsuen de hitsuji ya yagi to fureatta.
We pet sheep and goats today at the petting zoo.
マトンは二歳以上の羊から取れる羊の肉です。
マトンはにさいいじょうのひつじからとれるひつじのにくです。
Maton wa ni-sai ijō no hitsuji kara toreru hitsuji no niku desu.
Mutton is sheep meat from a sheep two years or older.
世界の人々は、ウールを採るために羊の毛を刈ります。
せかいのひとびとは、ウールをとるためにひつじのけをかります。
Sekai no hitobito wa, ūru o toru tame ni hitsuji no ke o karimasu.
People around the world shear sheep to get wool.
羊は、食用とウール用に育てられます。
ひつじは、しょくようとウールようにそだてられます。
Hitsuji wa, shoku-yō to ūru-yō ni sodateraremasu.
Sheep are raised for food and for wool.
野原にいる羊
のはらにいるひつじ
nohara ni iru hitsuji
sheep in the field
羊飼い
ひつじかい
hitsujikai
sheep herder
羊の毛刈り
ひつじのけがり
hitsuji no kegari
sheep shearing

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