Japanese Word of the Day

馬
うま - uma

horse

Definitions

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馬

1. n. a horse

2. n. (shogi) a promoted bishop

3. n. a sawhorse: a four-leg stand made of wood or iron for supporting other materials

4. n. Usage: As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ウマ

5. n. (obsolete) a horse

6. n. (Fukui) a horse

7. n. (Kagoshima) a horse

8. affix. horse

競馬 - horse racing

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