Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a metal mixing bowl has slipped into the stainless-steel sink and is still rocking against its edge. A person washing dishes flinches with raised shoulders, while their housemate at the nearby table presses both hands over their ears.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

音おと

oto

sound, noise

Example sentences

  1. ここから海うみの音おとが聞きこえる。

    We can hear the ocean from here.

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  2. 変へんな音おとが聞きこえる。

    I hear a strange sound.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 音おとを大おおきくして。

    Turn the volume up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 音

  • 音sound; noiseOnオン・イン・-ノンKunおと・ね

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