馬（うま）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: horse
Example sentences
- 牧場で初めて馬に乗った。 — I rode a horse for the first time at the ranch.
- 馬はとても速く走る動物だ。 — Horses are animals that can run very fast.
Idioms & proverbs containing “馬”
- 塞翁が馬 (さいおうがうま) — the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
- 馬は馬連れ (うまはうまづれ) — birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows
- 馬子にも衣装 (まごにもいしょう) — anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver
- 名馬に癖あり (めいばにくせあり) — great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks
- 馬鹿の一つ覚え (ばかのひとつおぼえ) — one who knows little often repeats it; a fool's one bit of knowledge
- 背戸の馬も相口 (せどのうまもあいくち) — even an unruly horse can be tamed
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