かえる
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. frog
2. kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
when read as "かわず, カワズ"
Kanji used
frog
Pitch accent
える
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Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog
frog spawn; frogspawn
(game of) leapfrog
like water off a duck's back; (lit.) water on a frog's face
like water off a duck's back; (lit.) urine on a frog's face
curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)
chytridiomycosis (fatal infectious disease of amphibians)
curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)
springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)
breaststroke (swimming); frog-kick
frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
Examples (2 in total)
The snake swallowed a frog.
There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.