雌雄|しゆうshiyuu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmale and female (animals); the two sexes
2. nounvictory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses

• Related性別せいべつNeutralNeutral term for sex or gender as a category or attribute; standard on forms and in surveys, for people and animals alike. It has none of 雌雄's figurative senses.

Choose 性別 for sex or gender in neutral contexts, especially people; 雌雄 denotes male and female animals and, figuratively, victory and defeat or strengths and weaknesses.

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1. 動物どうぶつの雄おすと雌めす。
2. 優劣ゆうれつや勝敗しょうはい。