Everyone likes animals. Haven't you seen some today at work or school? Jokes aside, languages are not in agreement about what animals sound like. Sometimes they may sound similar across unrelated languages, but usually they don't.
Curriculum Note: This lesson is currently a stub lesson and will be expanded over time.
The following table lists the most important animal sounds in Japanese. See how different they are? Many exist for birds.
| Dog | ワンワン・キャンキャン | Cat | ニャーニャー |
| Cow | モーモー | Bee | ブンブン |
| Mouse | チューチュー | Pig | ブーブー |
| Chicken | コケコッコー | Horse | ヒヒーン |
| Frog | ケロケロ・ゲロゲロ | Big cat | ガオー |
| Duck | ガーガー | Owl | ホーホー |
| Elephant | パオーン | Ape | ウホウホ |
| Cricket | コロコロ | Bird | チッチッ |
| Katydid | ガチャガチャ | Chick | ピヨピヨ |
| Sheep/goat | メーメー | Crow | カーカー |
| Fox | コンコン | Dove | ポッポ |
| Pheasant | ケンケン | Sparrow | チュンチュン |
| Warbler | ホーホケキョ | Common cuckoo | カッコー |
| Lesser cuckoo | テッペンカケタカ | Kite | ピーヒョロロ |