No. 4,078 in Japanese
ブタ
Pig.
In a sentence
ブタは農場で飼われています。
The pig is being raised on the farm.
ブタ means pig as a domestic animal in this context.
彼は私のことをブタと呼んだ。
He called me a pig.
ブタ is used metaphorically to denote a character trait or insult in this context.
昔話ではブタが賢い動物として登場します。
In old stories, pigs appear as wise animals.
ブタ refers to pigs as a concept or symbolic characters in this context.
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