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Cats go mew, mew.
猫はにゃーにゃーと鳴く。
The rooster crows at sunrise.
オンドリは日の出に鳴く。
What noise do giraffes make?
キリンってなんて鳴くんだろう?
It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
おんどりよりもめんどりの方が大声で鳴く家は悲しい家だ。
What sound does a sheep make?
羊は何て鳴くの?
We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
ウチだって閑古鳥が鳴くようなカツカツの状態だから、バイトを雇う余裕なんてない。
I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless