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List: Popular onomatopoeia

Japanese language is full of onomatopoeias. In this list you will find some of the most popular ones.

List: Popular onomatopoeia
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Japanese language is full of onomatopoeias. In this list you will find some of the most popular ones.
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7 June 2022 - 19:34
Last updated
14 April 2024 - 19:29
Showing 41 - 50 of 65 words for the list Popular onomatopoeia.
やきもきyakimoki

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

  • anxiously, impatiently, worriedly, fretting, getting worked up
むくむくmukumuku

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

  • rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.), towering, billowing
  • plump, chubby
  • welling up (of an emotion), boiling up
  • getting up, stirring, moving about
  • shaggy, hairy
ゆっくりyukkuri

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

  • slowly, unhurriedly, without haste, leisurely, at one's leisure
  • easily (e.g. in time), well, sufficiently, amply, with time to spare
  • well (e.g. sleep), comfortably
コロコロkorokoro

Wordpopular  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb taking the と particle  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  noun 

  • lightly rolling (of a small and round thing)
  • pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter)
  • changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans), (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated), fickly, in a fickle manner
  • roly-poly
  • chirp chirp (sound of insects)
  • ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs), croak croak
  • roller, lint roller, paint roller
うろうろurouro

Wordpopular  JLPT N2  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

  • restlessly, aimlessly, without purpose
  • to loiter, to drift, to hang about doing nothing, to wander aimlessly, to be restless
  • to be restless, to fuss, to be in a fidget
すたすたsutasuta

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb taking the と particle 

  • (walk) briskly, at a brisk pace, quickly
ガチガチgachigachi

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb taking the と particle  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adverb 

  • chattering (teeth)
  • (frozen, worried) stiff
  • rigid (personality, thinking, etc.), inflexible, overly serious
  • voracious (e.g. work, study), without slack or pause
しばしばshibashiba

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  adverb 

  • (blinking) repeatedly
チュンチュンchunchun

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

  • chirp, cheep
にゃんnyan

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  interjection  children's language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • meow, miaow
  • cat

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