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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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Creation date
7 June 2022 - 19:34
Last updated
14 February 2024 - 22:23
Showing 1 - 10 of 65 words for the list Popular onomatopoeia.
あははahaha

Wordinterjection 

  • a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
苛々いらいらiraira

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  noun  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

  • to get irritated, to get annoyed, to be on the edge, to fret, to lose patience
うとうとutouto

Wordpopular  search-only kana form  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

  • falling into a doze, dozing off, nodding off
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
ガーガーga-ga-

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

  • quacking, cackling, gaggling, croaking, squawking
  • loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.), noisily
  • with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker), with a crackling sound
ガシャンgashan

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb taking the と particle  adverb 

  • crash, smash, crunch, bang, breaking sound
カタカタkatakata

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

  • clattering, rattling
がたんごとんgatangoton

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

  • clickety-clack
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
がぶがぶgabugabu

Wordpopular  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • gulping down (a drink), guzzling, chugging
  • sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

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