In daily conversation, frogs are called かえる not かわず, right?


I'm pretty sure that, in daily conversation, "frogs" are called かえる, right?
Can someone please confirm this?

I know that "frogs" are also called かわず in this 諺{ことわざ}

> 井の中の蛙{かわず}

But, by definition, 諺s are archaic. So, in summary, in daily conversation, a
frog is exclusively called かえる, right?




Yes, the everyday word in modern Japanese is カエル. The other word is now
basically an archaic synonym appearing in traditional poetry, the proverb you
mention, and so forth.

They weren't always treated as synonyms, though; if you'd like to learn more
about the history of the two words and the difference in meaning they
originally had, you might find [this blog entry by Matt Treyvaud](http://no-
sword.jp/blog/2007/10/types_of_frogs.html) interesting.

I'm not sure it makes sense to say 諺 are archaic by definition. I think it
makes more sense to say that many contain archaic language.




Yes, the everyday word in modern Japanese is カエル. The other word is now
basically an archaic synonym appearing in traditional poetry, the proverb you
mention, and so forth.

They weren't always treated as synonyms, though; if you'd like to learn more
about the history of the two words and the difference in meaning they
originally had, you might find [this blog entry by Matt Treyvaud](http://no-
sword.jp/blog/2007/10/types_of_frogs.html) interesting.

I'm not sure it makes sense to say 諺 are archaic by definition. I think it
makes more sense to say that many contain archaic language.

