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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hōboku
"牛たちが青々とした草原で放牧されている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The practice of turning livestock out to graze on open pastureland.
"The traditional system of hooboku allows cattle to feed naturally on the mountain slopes." - 2
Open land designated or used for grazing animals.
"Vast stretches of green hooboku provide an ideal environment for dairy farming."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Japanese term 'hōboku' (放牧), combining 'hō' (to release, let go) and 'boku' (raising livestock, pasturing). Historically rooted in Sino-Japanese vocabulary, it entered Western ecological and agricultural discourse to describe traditional extensive livestock grazing practices.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hooboku" is said worldwide
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pâturage
Transliteration: pa.ty.ʁaʒ
"Le bétail est mis au pâturage pendant les mois d'été."
Weidehaltung
Transliteration: ˈvaɪdəˌhaltʊŋ
"Die Weidehaltung fördert das Wohlbefinden der Tiere."
alpeggio
Transliteration: alˈpɛd.dʒo
"Gli animali vengono portati all'alpeggio in primavera."
pastoreo
Transliteration: pas.toˈɾe.o
"El pastoreo extensivo es común en esta región montañosa."
pastagem
Transliteration: pasˈta.ʒẽj̃
"As vacas aproveitam a pastagem verdejante."
चारागाह
Transliteration: chārāgāh
"पशुओं के लिए हरा चारागाह बहुत, महत्वपूर्ण है।"
放牧
Transliteration: fàngmù
"牧民把牛羊赶到草地上放牧。"
방목
Transliteration: bangmok
"초원에서 소를 방목하는 전통적인 방식입니다."
放牧
Transliteration: hōboku
"牛たちが青々とした草原で放牧されている。"
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