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蛙

蛙: frog

frog
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Readings

On
ア・ワ
Kun
かえる・かわず

The everyday reading is かえる; the old poetic reading かわず survives in the proverb 井の中の蛙.

Key words

蛙かえるfrog
蛙跳びかえるとびfrog jump; leapfrog
殿様蛙とのさまがえるJapanese pond frog
井の中の蛙いのなかのかわずfrog in a well (narrow-minded person)

Example sentences

In the pond after the rain, a frog is croaking loudly.

In club practice, I did a lap of the field in frog jumps.

He is a frog in a well and knows nothing of the world outside his village.

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