Word Meaning 牛頭馬頭

ごずめず gozumezu

牛頭馬頭 is read as ごずめず (gozumezu) and means horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell.

Meaning

English

  1. horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell

Reading

Kana

ごずめず

Romaji

gozumezu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Yojijukugo Rank 127484 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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牛頭

ごず

ox-headed demon (in hell)

牛馬

ぎゅうば

horses and cattle

牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

うしはうしづれうまはうまづれ

birds of a feather flock together

牛頭天王

ごずてんのう

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

牛飲馬食

ぎゅういんばしょく

heavy eating and drinking

馬頭

めず

horse-headed demon (in hell)

牛を馬に乗り換える

うしをうまにのりかえる

to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good

風馬牛

ふうばぎゅう

indifferent

但馬牛

たじまうし

Tajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle)

斃牛馬

へいぎゅうば

(right to acquire) dead horses and cattle (Edo period)