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猪: wild boar

wild boar
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Readings

On
チョ
Kun
い・いのしし

Wild boar (いのしし), not 豚 (pig). 猪突猛進 means charging ahead; 猪口 is read ちょこ (small sake cup).

Key words

猪いのししwild boar
猪突猛進ちょとつもうしんrushing headlong
お猪口おちょこsmall sake cup
猪鍋ししなべboar hot pot
猪年いのししどしyear of the boar

Example sentences

While I was walking on the mountain path, a wild boar burst out of the bushes.

He's the type who charges straight ahead without thinking.

In winter, I look forward to eating boar hot pot at an inn in the mountain village.

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