Archive for September 27th, 2006 

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we cover animal and insect sounds in Japanese! The use of onomatopoeia - the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects, actions, or sounds they refer to - to explain animal sounds is a commonality shared by languages throughout the world. Today Sakura and Yoshi take us on trip to Ueno zoo and help us figure out all the Japanese words for animal sounds!

Be sure to stop by JapanesePod101.com for the bonus track - a Japanese song about chirping mushi!

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