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りんりん

rin-rin

Bell cricket (suzumushi) chirping sound

The clear, bell-like chirp of crickets on autumn evenings. In Japanese culture, listening to the beautiful songs of autumn insects is a treasured seasonal pleasure.

💡Sitting on the veranda on a cool autumn night — 'The crickets are singing rin-rin, autumn is here.'

Example

秋の夜に鈴虫がりんりんと鳴いている。

Bell crickets are chirping rin-rin on an autumn night.

Quiz yourself

On cool autumn nights, you can hear crickets singing ___ in the garden.

涼しい秋の夜、庭で虫が○○と鳴いているのが聞こえる。

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