Questions tagged [onomatopoeia]
擬声語. Mimetic words representing sounds.
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How to use ワクワクする properly
All examples are example sentences from a dictionary.
I read that ワクワクする expresses an instant reaction rather than a state, as in:
彼はその美しい光景を見てわくわくした。
彼女はその有名な歌手に会えると思うとわくわくした。
But here in this ...
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Nuances between するする vs すらすら
Here is a question from 新完全マスターN1:語彙.
彼女は筆を持つと、( )と自分の名前を書いた。
The answer is すらすら, but するする is also an option.
The brief definition of するする is 「滑るように」which I take to mean in this context as a "...
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Meaning of あばば in あばばをしてみせる
I am reading Not of Color by Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子『非色』) at the moment. I came across this paragraph detailing how the protagonist takes care of her newborn baby, Mary:
一年というもの、...
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What does ぺろん mean?
I'm trying to understand a scene from a manga which I'll describe as best as possible.
One person is undressing and there is an onomatopoeia that reads ぺろん. Another person says then:
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Onomatopoeia for 'squeaky clean'
So, I know there's すっきり for neat rooms etc., ぴかぴか for something shiny, and きゅうきゅう for cleaning itself, but is there an onomatopoeia in Japanese to show that something has just been washed or cleaned ...
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What does ガッコンガッコンと mean in this sentence?
The sentence is describing a giant robot, with its giant drill stored in its chest started to rotating, thrusting in and out violently (?)
But I don't understand what does this sfx means here, please ...
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onomatopoeia＋した as modifiers [duplicate]
Examples like あっさりした味、ちょっとした風邪、きちんとした身なり have onomatopoeia＋した as modifiers. There do not seem to be examples with した replaced with する. Is this observation correct? If so, is there a reason why した is ...
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What do きゃるん、きゃるーん、きゅるん、きゅるるん and related words mean?
In the anime Saiki K. S2 E10 (image link), きゃるーん appears as a sound effect, where I would rather expect じゃーん or the like. Googling various Japanese forums has led me to conclude that the other ...
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How are custom onomatopoeia made?
I am currently reading a recently released remake of 月姫, and I encountered the following sentence:
指で触ってみたら、つぷり、と指先が沈みこんだ
The context is that the character can see lines that no one else can, and he ...
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What does でポン mean?
There are several manga, games, websites etc in Japan with the でポン in the title, such as ミルモでポン, パネルでポン, ヨシりんでポン, 住所でポン.
I think I can infer it is some sort of onomatopoeia but I don't understand the ...
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What does this word 「どっ」 mean?
In the novel I'm currently reading I have seen it used a couple of times.
The context around it was:
How can a high school girl let out such strange shriek.
Or a girl shouldn't let out such a weird ...
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I'm confused by all the different ways to modify a noun. How do I know when to use what?
意味不明,学校全体,現実可能
安定した収入
もやもやとした記憶、もやもやしていた気持ち
(1) I keep coming across examples like this where a na-adjective is placed after the noun and with the な omitted.
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Why is 「パッと」 part Katakana and part Hiragana?
I have run across this onomatopoeia twice now in music lyrics:
打上花火 by DAOKO × 米津玄師：
「パッと光って咲いた 花火を見てた」
GHOST by 星街すいせい：
「パッと弾けた感情に」
Having seen this occur twice now, I felt it was safe to assume ...
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What is the Japanese Onomatopoeia for the sound a chainsaw makes?
From what I can tell, chainsaws make a sound like buzzing or rustling, etc. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find Japanese onomatopoeia from that sound. I wanted to look specifically for the ...
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How does ン work at the end of onomatopoeia?
There seem to be quite a few SFX in manga that end with an ン, or ———ん, or ...ン. Some examples:
キーンコーンカーンコーン (1)
しーん (2)
オオオオオオオ…ン…ン… (3)
バチィン (4)
I have three questions about this phenomenon (the ...
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After a Katakana word then "tto" are both Hiragana or Katakana acceptable for the Sokuon?
I have seen examples of both quite often, even for the same exact sentence, examples:
おなべの中からボワっと／おなべの中からボワッと。
This is a lyric from おどるポンポコリン（Odoru Ponpokorin)、A song for ちびまる子ちゃん（Chibi Maruko Chan)
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Onomatopoeia for a long, intense scream - "AAAAA!!" [duplicate]
How could you describe a very long, very intense scream - one that expresses extreme anger or pain? So far I've only been able to find examples of short gasps, or screams with happier connotations.
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Does anyone know what this onomatopoeia means?
So, I watch a lot of anime but one scene in an anime called "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" uses onomatopoeia very often, I'm trying to find out the meaning of this one in particular
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「ぺったん」→「ぺったら」 – A conjugation of an onomatopoeic adverb?
The sentence in question (from here (page 14)):
ぺったんペったら牛の糞が、やって来ました。
What does the 〜ら conjugation (?) of the second ぺったん mean?
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What does かぱんと mean in this sentence?
From 《君の名は。 (角川つばさ文庫) (新海 誠;ちーこ)》,
かぱんと / か
[Usage-1/All]
2020-10-23 11:53:30 と思いつつ私はかぱんと炊飯器を開け、ぴかぴかした白飯を自分の茶碗に盛りつける。
I originally thought this sentence meant:
I open the bread and rice cooker, ...
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Meaning of ヒラリ in this context
I'm working on The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai. First, protagonist describes the way her mother drinks soup, that is very gently. Then she says this:
ヒラリ、という形容は、お母さまの場合、決して誇張では無い。...
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What’s the difference between サクサク and パリパリ
I have a question about Japanese onomatopoeia (擬態語). What is the difference between サクサク and パリパリ? Are there situations where using one instead of the other is incorrect? As I understand it, they both ...
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Translations of「しっとり」for describing food
On the television the other day, there were some people talking about how the word 「しっとり」 applied to food can't be translated exactly into other languages. It seems that 「しっとり」 could be translated ...
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meaning of hiragana in a verse
This sentence is from a poem:
トイレットペーパーしゅるる.
The katakanas mean "toilet paper". How about the hiraganas?
I thought it would be a verb because of the る-ending, but can't find a verb like this in ...
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What does ぐてっと mean?
I saw it in the following context:
xxは、ぐてっと俺に体を預け、胸に顔を埋めてくる
Based on the spelling, I wonder if it's similar to ぐでんぐでん, but I'm not sure about that. Based on context, I'm guessing it means ...
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What does カピカ mean?
I can't find this word in a dictionary.
It appears on a bag of rice I bought. The sentence is:
カピカ仕上げで、丁寧に磨いたきれいなお米です。
Is it a contraction of カピカピ, describing how the rice is dried out?
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パドル -What does it actually mean?
I believe, many of you have already seen this meme.
In short, in a PlayStation game Fate/Extra an anime girl is singing Jingle bells-like song in Japanese:
走{はし}れ艝{そり}よ
風{かぜ}のように
月{ずき}見晴{みは}らを
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シュバババーン? What is it?
I initially heard this in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Qu9rQDors
What is シュバババーン? Seems like sound effect. When I search this exactly on google it has over a thousand results which ...
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What does ゲヒゲヒ mean?
I saw it in the context of ゲヒゲヒ笑う and would like to know what kind of laugh it is. Some quick Googling seems to indicate it might be like laughing uncontrollably maybe but I can't find any sources.
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Do native speakers ever create/improvise onomatopoeia?
Since Japanese is incredibly rich in onomatopoeic expressions which are commonly understood by most adults, I am wondering if adults ever make up new onomatopoeia on the fly, or if they always use ...
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Meaning of ひらっと
銀河鉄道の夜から.
電燈の向こう側の暗い小路から出て来て、 ひらっとジョバンニとすれちがいました.
Dictionary says flat, plain, may be it can be coldly?
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What's a good onomatopoeia for “suddenly realizing, in a flash of genius”?
In a sentence like:
While I was in the bath, (suddenly / in a flash of genius / …) I thought of a great plan.
風呂に入っている時に、____とすごい計画を思いついた。
Is there a good [擬情語]{gijōgo} word to fill in the ...
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What does "ガッツンガッツン" mean?
From here: http://doge-sucha.com/2018/12/zaregoto-1328/
I've seen this before on slangy dialogue but I can't find a dictionary meaning for it. Thanks.
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Is 写真 an onomatopoeia?
Is 写真, the word for photograph, in any way a form of onomatopoeia? That is to say, is it at all based on the sound of taking a photo?
I'm aware of the meanings of 写 and 真, but when said aloud I ...
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Meaning of とうとうりん
三角標のように それはだんだんはっきりして、とうとうりんとうごかないようになり濃い鋼の野原にまっすぐにすきっと立ったのです
Is とうとうりん here meaning finally? And what about りん?
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Is there a difference between とろっとろ and とろとろ?
Please help me understand what mean とろっとろ in this sentense「あのとろっとろの猫撫で声で」. May I translate とろっとろ like "looking sleepy" or it's meaning only "soft / runny"?
Person A: 悪い男か何人泣かしとんねん
あのとろっとろの猫なで声で
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onomatopoeia for cluelessness
Is there an オノマトペ for when you're absolutely clueless or expected to do something, but cannot?
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What does "グジュグジュ" mean?
Found it here. https://www.hostfamily2012.com/3657.html
コッカーのムーさん
お耳の中、グジュグジュ・・汚れ改善したいですね！！
お肌は大丈夫かなぁ～今日も大人しくできました～>^_^<
カットもOKかなぁ～！！
I've tried looking it up in as many dictionary as I can ...
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What sound does a monkey make?
What is the hiragana sound that monkeys make in Japanese (like わんわん for dogs)?
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What does にへら mean when beginning a sentence?
For context, the sentence is
にへら、という気の抜けた笑顔。
And the sentence before is
そこまで考えて、胸内にふと一人の人物の顔が浮かんだ。
The character whose monologue this is is spacing out during a movie thinking about his recent past, ...
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What does のそ mean in this picture?
What does のそ mean in this picture?
A friend of mine said that it was "a moment later...", but I'm not really sure if that's the real meaning. What does this annotation mean?
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What does むわりと mean?
I was reading something and saw the following:
小さな和室で、古い造りなので風呂とトイレは別になっている。換気があまりよくないので、白羽さんの入った後の風呂場のドアから、湿気と湯気がむわりと部屋にたちこめていた。
I can't find むわり or むわりと in any dictionaries. I'm guessing むわりと ...
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The meaning of ぐっぽぐっぽ ; グッポグッポ ; グポグポ(?) ; ぐぽぐぽ(?)
I came across this ぐっぽぐっぽ word while reading doujinshi.
"ぐっぽぐっぽセッXス穴ほじくってる"
From the images shown when I searched for its meaning, it seems to be the sound made when sucking something.
Does it have ...
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What does ピクンッ mean?
I came across an image on Deviantart that has Japanese text written on it, so I am trying to translate it. You can see it here: https://www.deviantart.com/ryonapage/art/Dominated-710481249 (Warning: ...
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What is the meaning of バキン?
In 亜人 manga I've found the word バキン, at least it seems to me so (look at the picture), but I've only found the translation of the word バキッ baki (crack) and パキン pakin (also crack). But on the picture I ...
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What does グパ mean?
There is a sound グパ in this manga (a plant tries to eat someone and makes グパ sound), but I can't find it in dictionaries and understand what it means and how it can be translated. What does グパ mean? ...
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What is the Japanese sound word for the clinking of money?
What is the sound of coins being handed from one person to another?
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Meaning of メリ and メリ子
Context: in the manga Dead Tube, a girl is being raped while being filmed. Among the comments on the video, some users wrote メリメリメリメリ and メリ子メリ子.
What is the meaning of the two comments? To me it ...
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What does ふぬぬぬぬ mean?
負っけないぞ～！ ふぬぬぬぬ……
Is it the same as "ぬぬぬ…" onomatopoeia which uses when you're in a tight spot?
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What is the meaning of カックン in the following sentence?
Context: before a boxing match begins, a boxer named Kamishiro says this referring to his opponent:
勘だけど あのカックン野郎… 刺せるヤツだ
What is the meaning of カックン? The opponent was a thug in the past and he ...
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