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Animal Sounds Vocabulary List
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 18:41
Animal Sounds Vocabulary List
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 ゲロゲロgero gero (ribbit) |
NOTE : A
word of caution is in order. Another meaning of gero
is puke, throw-up, vomit. NOTE #2 : The traditional Japanese song KAERU NO UTA GA (The Frog's Song) |
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カーカー ka- ka- |
NOTE : Japanese crows are huge! "Scarecrow" in Japanese is kakashi. |
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モーモー mo- mo- (Moo) |
NOTE : One way to remember ushi is to think of it sounding like oishi (delicious). But be careful with your pronunciation. I had a friend a few years back who at the restaurant Mister Donuts pointed to her donut and said to an astonished Japanese waitress, "KORE WA USHI DESU! USHI DESU!" [This is a cow! this is a cow!] |
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メーメー me- me- (baa baa) |
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コケコッコー kokekokko- (Cock-a-doodle-doo) |
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ブーブー bu- bu- (oink) |
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ガーガー ga- ga- (quack) |
NOTE : Japanese distinguishes between the white ducks (ahiru) and the other colored ducks (kamo). Despite their different names they still speak the same GA- GA- language. |
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ウキー uki- |
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ガオー gao- |
NOTE : gojira is a combination of gorira (gorilla) + kujira (whale); Also any large monster says, "GAO-" |
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