Example sentences

1. 弟は森に入るやいなや、川をみつけて渡った。向こう岸には雌熊がいて、ぐっすり眠っていた。

   No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep.

2. 著者たちはごく少数の種の雌も歌うと非常に明確に述べている。

   The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing.

3. 雌豚の耳から絹の財布は作れない。

   You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.