Translation

The Japanese word for "Cow" is ushi .

  • Cow Terminology
    In English, a Cow is technically the term for female adult Cattle. The male Cow is called a Bull. In Japanese, ushi is gender-neutral, and refers to either a Cow or a Bull. The terms meushi 雌牛 and oushi 牡牛 refer to female and male Cattle specifically.
Romaji u shi
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
School Level 小2

Loan-word

The word "Cow" katakanized would be kau カウ.
Romaji ka u
Katakana
Hiragana

Trivia

  • "Cowboy" in Japanese is kaubooi カウボーイ.

Further Reading

Wikipedia: Cow ()