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馬うま
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Meanings
Noun
1. horse
2. horse racing
3. promoted bishop (Abbreviation)
4. knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
Other spellings
うま
Kanji used
馬horse
Pitch accent
うま
Used in vocabulary
競くらべ馬うま
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
Noun
野や次じ馬うま
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
Noun
馬うま乗のり
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
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当あて馬うま
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
Noun
馬ば車しゃ馬うま
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
Noun
馬うま小ご屋や
stable
Noun
勝馬かちうま
winning horse; winner
Noun
馬うま跳とび
(game of) leapfrog; leapfrogging
Noun
生いき馬うま
live horse; living horse
Noun
馬うま返がえし
point along a (mountain) pass beyond which a horse cannot travel
Noun
馬うま飼かい
person that raises horses; horse breeder
Noun
乗のり馬うま
riding horse; saddle horse
Noun
Examples133
He handles horses well.
A horse is an animal.
He likes all animals except horses.
I want to ride a horse.
He rode a horse to the sea.
Riding a horse is great fun.