早牛も淀、遅牛も淀

はやうしもよどおそうしもよど

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxes (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxes also end up in Yodo

遅牛も淀、早牛も淀

おそうしもよどはやうしもよど

there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxes (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxes also end up in Yodo

牛

うし ぎゅう ウシ

beef

早

はや

already, now, by this time

牛突

うしつつき ウシツツキ

oxpecker

牛膝

いのこずち

Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)

牛飯

ぎゅうめし

rice covered with beef and vegetables

牛鮫

うしざめ ウシザメ

bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

牛刺

ぎゅうさし うしとげ

sliced raw beef

牛後

ぎゅうご

rump of cattle

牛脂

ぎゅうし

beef tallow

牛缶

ぎゅうかん うしかん

canned beef

種牛

たねうし

(breeding) bull

牛丼

ぎゅうどん ぎゅう どん

rice covered with beef and vegetables

犠牛

ぎぎゅう

sacrificial bullock

斑牛

まだらうし むらうし

brindled ox, spotted cow

牛柄

うしがら

cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow), cow-skin pattern

牛歩

ぎゅうほ

snail's pace, slow progress

牛馬

ぎゅうば

horses and cattle