| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 蛙 | かえる | カエル |
Pronunciation: kaeru
How to Say It Outloud: ka-e-ru
Usage: 蛙 is the commonly used term for frog in Japanese. It can be found in literature, everyday conversation, and various other contexts.
Example Sentence Japanese:
池にはたくさんの蛙がいます。
池にはたくさんの蛙がいます。Example Sentence English:There are many frogs in the pond.
There are many frogs in the pond.Dictionary
蛙かえるCommon word
Noun- frog
- kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- Frog
糞蛙くそがえる
Noun- frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad)
蹄叉ていさ
Noun- frog; fourchette; pad in a horse's hoof that acts as a shock absorber
剣山けんざん
Noun- needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
- Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima)
フロッグフロッグ
Noun- frog
家雨蛙いえあまがえる
Noun- Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea); green tree frog; White's tree frog; dumpy tree frog
- Australian Green Tree Frog
沼蛙ぬまがえる
Noun- Asian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis); Indian rice frog; cricket frog
- Fejervarya limnocharis
十字目毒雨蛙じゅうじめどくあまがえる
Noun- mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix); Amazon milk frog; blue milk frog
赤腹鷹あかはらだか
Noun- Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis); gray frog hawk; grey frog hawk
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
雨蛙あまがえる
Noun- tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
矢毒蛙やどくがえる
Noun- poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae spp.); dart-poison 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
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
虎斑蛙とらふがえる
Noun- Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus); bull frog; golden frog
石川蛙いしかわがえる
Noun- Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae)
- Ishikawa's Frog
波江蛙なみえがえる
Noun- Namiye's frog (Limnonectes namiyei)
- Namiye's Frog
旭蟹あさひがに
Noun- red frog crab (Ranina ranina)
- Ranina ranina
河鹿蛙かじかがえる
Noun- kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
- Kajika Frog
土蛙つちがえる
Noun- wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa)
- Japanese wrinkled frog
鼻先蛙はなさきがえる
Noun- Ryukyu tip-nosed frog (Odorrana narina)
- Ryukyu Tip-nosed Frog
奄美鼻先蛙あまみはなさきがえる
Noun- Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)
- Amami Tip-nosed Frog
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