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    3. 鳴き声

    鳴き声

    鳴なき​声ごえ

    cry (of an animal)

    KMT8News #18+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    鳴声なき声啼き声

    なきごえ

    Noun

    1.
    cry (of an animal), call, chirp, song, caw, roar, bark, yelp, meow

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    鳥とりの鳴なき声ごえで目めが覚さめた。

    I woke up to the sound of birds chirping.

    KMT4AnimalsDaily Life
    夏なつの夜よには、虫むしたちの鳴なき声ごえが心ここ地ちよい。

    On summer nights, the chirping of insects is pleasant.

    KMT7AnimalsNature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    夜よ中なかに猫ねこの鳴なき声ごえが聞きこえてきた。

    I heard a cat's meow in the middle of the night.

    KMT8AnimalsDaily Life
    象ぞうの鳴なき声ごえは非ひ常じょうに大おおきく、遠とおくまで響ひびき渡わたる。

    An elephant's roar is very loud and echoes far away.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    遠とおくから聞きこえる鹿しかの鳴なき声ごえは、森もりの静しずけさを一いっ層そう際きわ立だたせた。

    The cry of the deer heard from afar further accentuated the silence of the forest.

    KMT9AnimalsNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    鳴
    な.く・な.る・な.らす…(3)
    chirp・cry・bark・sound・ring…(2)
    Kanji
    声
    こえ・こわ-…(2)
    voice
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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