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けろけろ

kero-kero

Frog croaking sound

The rhythmic croaking of frogs, especially in rice paddies during the rainy season. A signature sound of early Japanese summer evenings in the countryside.

💡Walking by rice paddies in June — 'You can hear the frogs singing kero-kero all night in the fields.'

Example

田んぼでかえるがけろけろ鳴いている。

Frogs are croaking kero-kero in the rice paddies.

Quiz yourself

On rainy nights, the frogs in the rice paddies croak ___ until dawn.

雨の夜になると、田んぼのかえるが夜明けまで○○鳴いている。

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