大山鳴動してねずみ一匹。

大山鳴動してねずみ一匹。

The mountains have brought forth a mouse.

大山(おおやま)鳴動(めいどう)してねずみ一(いち)匹(ひき)。

Ōyama meidōshite nezumi ichi hiki.

大山 (たいざん)

great mountain

鳴動 (めいどう)

rumbling; (ringing) cadence

鼠 (ねずみ、ネズミ、ねず)

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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: 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