List: onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Words that phonetically imitate, resemble or suggest the source of the sound that it describes.
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word ใช adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle colloquial
- sticky
- thickly (e.g. painted), heavily (applied)
- all over (pasting, stamping, etc.)
- clinging (e.g. of a person), following around, being all over (each other), flirting
- cliched, hackneyed
popular JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- with a feeling of relief, with a sigh of relief
- deeply (sigh)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- slightly, faintly
popular search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly
- dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly
- with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun (generic)
- worn-out, ragged, tattered, battered, scruffy
- crumbling, dry and crumbly
- falling (in drops or clumps), scattering
- (physically or mentally) worn-out, exhausted
- (coming to light) one after another
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) archaic
- dripping, trickling, drop by drop, in drops
- wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.)
- (moving) slowly
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- slowly (but steadily), gradually, bit-by-bit
- slowly soaking in, slowly permeating, oozing out, seeping out
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb taking the ใจ particle adverb
- prickling, stinging, biting
- tale-telling, tattling
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- bang, slam, thud, crash
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective
- 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)