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Zach

大山鳴動して鼠一匹

泰山鳴動して鼠一匹、 大山鳴動してねずみ一匹

Reading

Kana: たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき
Romaji: taizanmeidoushitenezumiippiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: サン、 セン、 やま
Meaning: mountain
Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす
Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ソ、 ショ、 ねずみ、 ねず
Meanings: rat, mouse, dark gray
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ヒツ、 ひき
Meanings: equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
Reading: タイ
Meanings: peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great