ANIMAL SOUNDS

動物の泣き声

猫 neko CAT ニャーニャー nya- nya- (meow) NOTE: One interesting thing about animal sounds is they often appear in MANGA. nyaa! MORE on Cats 犬 inu DOG ワンワン wan wan (woof, bark) NOTE : to the Japanese wan and ONE (1) are the same pronunciation. So there is a chain of steak houses in Japan called \'SUTEKI WAN\' (Steak One) whose mascot is a dog.

かえる kaeru FROG

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)

カラス karasu CROW

カーカー ka- ka-

NOTE : Japanese crows are huge! "Scarecrow" in Japanese is kakashi.

牛 ushi COW

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!]

羊 hitsuji SHEEP

メーメー me- me- (baa baa)

ニワトリ niwatori CHICKEN

コケコッコー kokekokko- (Cock-a-doodle-doo)

豚 buta PIG

ブーブー bu- bu- (oink)

あひる ahiru DUCK

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.

猿 saru MONKEY

ウキー uki-

ゴジラ gojira GODZILLA

ガオー gao-

NOTE : gojira is a combination of gorira (gorilla) + kujira (whale); Also any large monster says, "GAO-"

上面不是有吗？

モーモー