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A5 Adverb, と-adverb

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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 1.

        sizzling (of cooking meat, fat, etc.)

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
      2. 2.

        chirring (of cicadas, etc.), shrilling

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
      3. 3.

        buzzing (of a machine, appliance, etc.), humming

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

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    じいじいジイジイ

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      (にく)がじいじいと()けています。

      The meat is sizzling.

        鉄板(てっぱん)(うえ)(にく)がジイジイと()けている。

        The meat is sizzling on the iron plate.

        真夏(まなつ)(そら)(した)でセミがジイジイと()いています。

        The cicadas are buzzing under the midsummer sky.

        じいじいというセミの()(こえ)()こえます。

        I can hear the buzzing of the cicadas.

          ぜんまいで(うご)仕組(しく)みのおもちゃがジイジイ(うご)いている。

          The wind-up toy is making a whirring sound as it moves.

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