Animal Sounds in Japanese

Unlike people, animals all around the world sound the same. However, in every language, humans have found a way to approximate these animal sounds to something close to human language. Since every language is different though the animal sounds can vary quite a bit.

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Japanese in particular is no stranger to mimicking sounds in the real world. When it comes to animals sounds Japanese of course has a wide range of ways to represent what animals say. Below are some examples of animal sounds in Japanese.

Animal Sounds in Japanese

犬いぬ	Dog	ワンワン
豚ぶた	Pig	ブーブー
鶏にわとり	Chicken	コケコッコー
猫ねこ	Cat	ニャーニャー
烏からす	Crow	カーカー
牛うし	Cow	モーモー
狐きつね	Fox	コンコン
蛙かえる	Frog	ケロケロ
馬うま	Horse	ヒヒ―ン
梟ふくろう	Owl	ホーホー
鳥とり	Bird	チュンチュン
蜂はち	Bee	ブーン
猿さる	Ape	キーキー

 

Resources

• what noises do animals make? – sljfaq.org