Illustration: At a dairy farm in Hokkaidō, three full-grown cows pass one at a time through a narrow gate into a paddock. A farmworker transfers a wooden token into a shallow tray for each cow, with two tokens already inside and a third held above it as the third cow crosses.

JLPT N3counterLevel estimated by Bebop

頭とう

tou

counter for large animals

Example sentences

  1. うちには十じゅう頭とうの牛うしがいる。

    We have ten cattle.

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  2. 野原のはらには六ろく頭とうの羊ひつじがいた。

    There were six sheep in the field.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 牛うしは何なん頭とう飼かってるんですか？

    How many cows do you have?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 頭

  • 頭head; counter for large animalsOnトウ・ズ・トKunあたま・かしら・かぶり

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