カエル
かえる
noun
frog
1.
frog
A frog — a small jumping amphibian that lives in or near water. Usually written in katakana as カエル, though the kanji 蛙 also exists.
池にカエルがいる。
There is a frog in the pond.
雨が降るとカエルが鳴く。
Frogs croak when it rains.
子供の頃、よく田んぼでカエルを捕まえた。
When I was a child, I often caught frogs in the rice paddies.
Frogs are a familiar part of the rural Japanese landscape, especially in and around rice paddies.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- カエルが鳴く: frogs croak
- 雨蛙: tree frog (lit. rain frog)
- カエルを捕まえる: to catch a frog
RELATED EXPRESSIONS:
- 井の中の蛙: a frog in a well — someone with a narrow view of the world (uses the older reading かわず)