Word details

声はすれども姿は見えず

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 声はすれども姿は見えず.

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Entry

声はすれども姿は見えずこえはすれどもすがたはみえずExpressionFreq #137895
1

Quotation; From a mid-Edo folk song

it's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

voice

7 strokesFrequency 388JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セイショウ

Kun

こえこわ-
姿

figure, form, shape

9 strokesFrequency 441JLPT N1Grade 6

On

Kun

すがた

Nanori

しな

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

7 strokesFrequency 22JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ケン

Kun

み.るみ.えるみ.せる

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