牧畜

ぼくちく · bokuchiku · JLPT N2 · noun

stock-farming

🐄🐑 牧 = herding/pasture + 畜 = livestock, so 牧畜 = stock-farming

牧 (boku) means pasture or herding, and 畜 (chiku) means livestock or domestic animals. Together they name the practice of grazing and raising animals for sale.

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