象（ぞう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: elephant
Example sentences
- 象は鼻がとても長い動物だ。 — An elephant is an animal with a very long trunk.
- 動物園で大きな象を見た。 — I saw a big elephant at the zoo.
Idioms & proverbs containing “象”
- 群盲象を評す (ぐんもうぞうをひょうす) — the mediocre cannot understand the great
- 群盲象を撫ず (ぐんもうぞうをなず) — the mediocre have no right to criticize the great
- 群盲象を撫でる (ぐんもうぞうをなでる) — the mediocre have no right to criticize the great
- 女の髪の毛には大象も繋がる (おんなのかみのけにはたいぞうもつながる) — no man can resist the lure of a woman
- 森羅万象 (しんらばんしょう) — all things in nature; the whole creation
- 有象無象 (うぞうむぞう) — mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “象” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)