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    3. 大山鳴動して鼠一匹

    大山鳴動して鼠一匹

    大たい山ざん鳴めい動どうし​て​鼠ねずみ一いっ匹ぴき

    much ado about nothing

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab51 strokes

    泰山鳴動して鼠一匹大山鳴動してねずみ一匹泰山鳴動してねずみ一匹

    たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき

    Expressions

    1.
    much ado about nothing, great cry and little wool, the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    Kanji
    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    Kanji
    鳴
    な.く・な.る・な.らす…(3)
    chirp・cry・bark・sound・ring…(2)
    Kanji
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    Kanji
    鼠
    ねずみ・ねず…(2)
    rat・mouse・dark gray
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    匹
    ひき…(1)
    equal・head・counter for small animals・roll of cloth
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
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