コケコッコー

こけこっこー
onomatopoeia
cock-a-doodle-doo
onomatopoeiaanimal-bird
1. cock-a-doodle-doo; crowing of a rooster
The Japanese representation of a rooster's crow. Represents the call of a rooster (おんどり), heard especially at dawn.
朝(あさ)、鶏(にわとり)がコケコッコーと鳴(な)いた。
In the morning, the rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo.
コケコッコーという声(こえ)で目(め)が覚(さ)めた。
I woke up to the sound of a rooster crowing.
田舎(いなか)に泊(と)まったら、夜明(よあ)け前(まえ)からコケコッコーと鳴(な)く声(こえ)が聞(き)こえてきた。
When I stayed in the countryside, I could hear the rooster crowing even before dawn.

The standard Japanese onomatopoeia for a rooster's crow, equivalent to English "cock-a-doodle-doo". Used with the verb 鳴(な)く (the verb for animal sounds).

Common patterns

Other bird sounds

Related Words

Related: チュンチュン (chirp-chirp)
Related: ホーホケキョ (hōhokekyo (bush warbler's call))
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Added 2026.6.11 4:37 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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