| The Japanese word | |
蛙 |
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| is pronounced | |
| kaeru | かえる | |
| means | |
| frog | |
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井の中の蛙。
i no naka no kaeru. Person ignorant of the real world. | The frog in the well. |
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蛇が蛙を飲み込んだ。
hebi ga kaeru o nomikon da. The snake swallowed a frog. |
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井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。
i no naka no kaeru, taikai o shira zu. He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. | A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean. |
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私が箱を開けるとすぐに蛙が跳びだした。
watashi ga hako o akeru to sugu ni kaeru ga tobi dashi ta. No sooner had I opened the box than a frog jumped out. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

