オノマトペ Deck

オノマトペ

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Chapter 11

Sound significance. ら - Empty or freely wihout any friction or resistance.

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からから

parched, dried-up, bone-dry, empty, hollow, rattling, clattering, laughing loudly, roaring with laughter

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ガラガラ

clattering, rattling, gargling, empty, bare, uninhabited, vacant, unoccupied, raspy (voice), gravelly, rattle (e.g. baby's toy)

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きらきら

glitter, sparkle, glisten, twinkle

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ギラギラ

glaringly, dazzlingly, blazingly

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クラクラ

dizzy, giddy

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グラグラ

wobbling, tottering, shaking, unstably, unsteadily, wavering (e.g. over a decision), dithering, indecisively, boiling up, dizzily, giddily

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ゲラゲラ

guffaw

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さらさら

rustling, murmuring, fluently, silky, smooth and dry, free-flowing

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ザラザラ

rough (touch, voice, etc.), coarse, gritty, granular, sound of grains or beads moving

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ジャラジャラ

jingling, jangling, clinking, chinking, lasciviously, coquettishly

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すらすら

smoothly

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たらたら

drop-by-drop, dribbling, in a trickle, incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments), in great profusion

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だらだら

in drops, dripping, trickling, streaming, flowing, gently (sloping), sluggishly, endlessly, lengthily, leisurely, idly, slowly, slovenly

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チャラチャラ

jingle, jangle, clinking, jingling, jangling, chatty, nattering, chattering away, yatter, joking around, messing around, coquettish, tawdry, flirty, flashy, flighty, jittery, superficial

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ちらちら

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti), fluttering, flickering, twinkling, glimmering, sparkling, dazzling, appearing and disappearing, catching glimpses, glancing (repeatedly), (hear, see) from time to time, intermittently

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ハラハラ

heart going pit-a-pat, falling rapidly in big drops, fluttering down, keeping on tenterhooks, suspense, exciting, thrilling

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バラバラ

scattered, disperse, loose, disconnected, in pieces, in drops, rustling

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ぱらぱら

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)

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ひらひら

fluttering, flapping, waving, , flickering (light, flame, etc.), frill, piece of thin material

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ふらふら

unsteady (e.g.on one's feet), staggering, reeling, tottering, dizzy, wandering, without knowing what one is doing, having no goal in mind

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ぶらぶら

dangling heavily, swaying to and fro, swinging, strolling, rambling, roaming, wandering, idly, lazily, leisurely, aimlessly, persisting (of an illness)

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へらへら

foolishly (laughing), thoughtlessly (smiling), indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly, thin (paper, cloth, etc.), weak-bodied, flaring up, bursting into flames

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べらべら

non-stop talking, speaking indiscreetly, chattering, thin, flimsy

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ペラペラ

fluently (speaking a foreign language), incessantly (speaking), glibly, garrulously, volubly, one after the other (flipping through pages), thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy, weak

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めらめら

flaring up, bursting into flames

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わらわら

bustling, shuffling, squirming, creepy crawly

Chapter 12

Sound significance. わ - Constant bursts of activity. Welling up.

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ざわざわ

noisy, sound of people talking

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しゅわしゅわ

bubbliness (of a carbonated drink), sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink), fluffiness (of a cake, souffle or whipped cream)

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ジワジワ

slowly (but steadily), gradually, bit-by-bit, slowly soaking in, slowly permeating, oozing out, seeping out

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そわそわ

fidgety, restless, nervous, uneasy

Chapter 13

Sound significance. い - Tight and smooth with force or precision. Maintains tension.

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ぐいぐい

without hesitation, with great optimism, vigorously, with great vigor, positively, (pushing or pulling) strongly, (drinking) heavily

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じいじい

sizzle (sound of meat cooking), shrill droning of a cicada

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スイスイ

lightly and smoothly (of movements), swiftly, glidingly, (progressing) smoothly, (solving) easily

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ちょいちょい

often, frequently, now and then, occasionally, lightly (of a movement), easily, simply, effortlessly

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ついつい

unintentionally, unconsciously, by mistake, against one's better judgement, against one's better judgment

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ほいほい

recklessly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, readily, blithely, willingly, easily, pamperingly, indulgently, carefully (not angering), shoo!, heave-ho, hallo, hello, Hui (people), novice, beginner

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ワイワイ

noisily, clamorously, boisterously, incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.), going on and on, making a fuss (of something), playing up, loudly (crying), wailing, bawling, howling

Chapter 14

Sound significance. き - Ending abruptly with force or precision.

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しゃきしゃき

crisp, precise, clipped

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ズキズキ

throbbing with pain

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にょきにょき

(shooting up) one after another, (sprouting up) all over the place, (growing) rapidly

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はきはき

briskly, smartly, promptly, clearly, lucidly

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バキバキ

sound of cracking branches, sound made when cracking one's knuckles

ムキムキ

めきめき

Chapter 15

Sound significance. し - Short or sharp repetitions.

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いじいじ

hesitantly, timidly, diffidently

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ガシガシ

boisterously, roughly, briskly

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ぎしぎし

creak, squeak, creaking sound

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ゴシゴシ

scrubbing hard, scrubbing clean

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たじたじ

flinchingly, falteringly, being overwhelmed, , staggeringly, totteringly, unsteadily

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どしどし

rapidly, constantly, one after the other, without hesitation, sound of tramping

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びしびし

stickily, relentlessly

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もじもじ

bashfully, hesitantly, fidgety, restlessly, squirming, wriggling, haltingly

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