Related words 声こえ が 小ちい さい A general description of a quiet voice, without the idiomatic, figurative nuance of being as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
か 細ぼそ い 声こえ Describes a thin, feeble voice, similar in meaning but more direct and less colorful than the mosquito simile.
Written forms 蚊か の 鳴な くような 声こえ
Standard kanji spelling for this set phrase.
蚊か の 泣な くような 声こえ
Variant using 泣く (cry) instead of 鳴く (chirp/buzz); less common but still encountered.
蚊か の 鳴な く 様よう な 声こえ
Variant using 様 (よう ) in kanji; somewhat literary or old-fashioned.
Etymology A set phrase literally meaning 'a voice like a mosquito's buzzing/crying'. The comparison to a mosquito's faint sound has been used idiomatically in Japanese to describe a very weak or thin voice.
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