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Animal Sounds

わんわん

wan-wan

Dog barking sound

The standard Japanese word for a dog's bark. One of the first animal sounds children learn, used universally in picture books and everyday speech.

💡A child pointing at a dog in the park — 'Look, the doggy is going wan-wan!'

Example

犬がわんわん吠えている。

The dog is barking wan-wan.

Quiz yourself

The dog next door barks ___ every morning when the mailman comes.

隣の犬が毎朝郵便屋さんが来ると○○吠える。

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