How to say "goat" in Japanese

• やぎ
  nounThe Japanese word for the goat as an animal; use it whenever you mean the animal itself, such as a goat kept on a farm. It is usually written in kana alone.
  彼かれは羊ひつじとヤギの区別くべつが付つかない。↗

  He can not tell a sheep from a goat.
• ゴート
  nounA katakana loanword taken straight from English 'goat'; for the animal it is seldom the word you want, since やぎ already says it — use this only when you want the English term itself.

For the animal, 「やぎ」 is the Japanese word to use; 「ゴート」 is simply the English 'goat' written in katakana, so choose it only when you want the English term itself.

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• やぎgoat
• ゴートgoat