蛙（かえる）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: frog
Example sentences
- 雨の日は蛙がよく鳴く。 — Frogs croak a lot on rainy days.
- 池の中に蛙がいる。 — There's a frog in the pond.
Idioms & proverbs containing “蛙”
- 蛙の子は蛙 (かえるのこはかえる) — like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog
- 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず (いのなかのかわず、たいかいをしらず) — the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
- 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず (せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず) — a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
- 蛙鳴蝉噪 (あめいせんそう) — annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy
- 蛙の面に水 (かえるのつらにみず) — like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face
- 蛙の面に小便 (かえるのつらにしょうべん) — like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face
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