声（こえ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: voice
Example sentences
- もう少し大きな声で話してください。 — Please speak a little louder.
- 風邪をひいて声が出ない。 — I have a cold and can't speak.
Idioms & proverbs containing “声”
- 雀の千声鶴の一声 (すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ) — the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
- あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥 (あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす) — don't judge a book by its cover
- 大喝一声 (だいかついっせい) — shouting in a thunderous voice; blustering out
- 名声赫々 (めいせいかっかく) — of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame
- 大声疾呼 (たいせいしっこ) — shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate
- 風声鶴唳 (ふうせいかくれい) — getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow
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