カエル

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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usually written using kana alone

General term for frogs; commonly written in kana.

Frogs are croaking in the rice paddy.

子こ供どもがカエルを捕つかまえた。

The child caught a frog.

蛙かえるが鳴なくa frog croaks
夜よるになると田たんぼで蛙かえるが鳴なき始はじめる。
At night, frogs start croaking in the rice fields.
蛙かえるを捕つかまえるto catch a frog
子こ供どもの頃ころ、川かわで蛙かえるを捕つかまえて遊あそんだ。
When I was a kid, I used to catch frogs and play by the river.

ヒキガエル
蛙 is the general word for frogs, while ヒキガエル specifically refers to toads, a warty, land-dwelling relative often distinguished from frogs.
おたまじゃくし
蛙 is the adult amphibian, whereas おたまじゃくし is its aquatic larval stage (tadpole), so the two words describe different life stages of the same animal.

匹ひきN3
counter for small animals · counter for rolls of cloth · archaic counter for horses · roll of cloth

蛙かえるUsage8%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
カエルUsage79%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is used, especially in biological contexts or for emphasis.
かえるUsage13%
Kana spelling is common and as usually written in kana.
蛤かえる
rarely-used kanji form

Native Japanese word. The kanji 蛙 is a Chinese character adopted for its meaning.

African clawed frog

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疣いぼ蛙がえる
warty toad; toad with bumpy skin
糞くそ蛙がえる
frog; toad
楓かえるで
maple (tree)
蛙かえる股また
frog-leg strut; curved wooden bracket
ツノガエル
horned frog
アカガエル
brown frog; reddish-brown frog (Ranidae) · Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
スズガエル
Oriental fire-bellied toad

Rarely used kanji form.

蝦かえる

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form.