The onomatopoeia thread! 💥 🗯

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Good catch :+1:
Corrected!

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すっかり

マイカーを持ったお陰で、すっかり行動範囲が狭くなってしまった。

Thanks to having my own car, my range of activities has drastically/thoroughly decreased.

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ズルズル

またバニラシェイクを飲もうとしたが、ズルズルと音が鳴っただけで、中身がストローを昇ってくる気配はなかった。

I tried drinking the vanilla shake again, but there was only a slurping sound, and no sign of the contents coming up the straw.

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ボーっと/ ボォーっと

かかってくるかどうかも分からない電話、一日中ここでボォーっと待ってるんだもん。

I’m sitting here idly all day long, waiting for a phone call that may or may not come.

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こつこつ

ウサギと亀の競走と同じで、亀はこつこつとがんばったからウサギに勝てたわけじゃない。

Just like in the race between the rabbit and the tortoise, it’s not that the tortoise could beat the rabbit because of his unflagging persistence.

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ぷっつり

中学を卒業すると、彼との付き合いはぷっつりと切れた。

After graduating from middle school, my relationship with him was cut short.

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きょろきょろ

きょろきょろ隣近所の表札を確かめ始めたんだ。

He started looking around, checking the neighbour’s door plates.

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ガタガタ
［副］(スル)

  1. 堅い物が触れ合うときに発する、重くて騒々しい感じで響く音を表す語。また、重く大きい物が揺れるさま。「風でガラス戸が―（と）鳴る」「―揺れる旧式のバス」

  2. 恐ろしさや寒さなどのために、からだが激しく震えるさま。「初舞台の時は足が―（と）して止まらなかった」

  3. 騒がしく、落ち着かないさま。また、うろたえ騒ぐさま。「社内は人事問題で―している」

  4. つべこべ文句を言うさま。「―言うな」

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb

  1. rattling; clattering​Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb

  1. trembling; shivering; quaking; wobbling; swaying​Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb

  1. whining; grumbling; griping; bellyaching​Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

  1. rickety; shaky; wobbly; decrepit; ramshackle; broken down​Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
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ドタバタ

玄関の方からドタバタと騒がしい音が聞こえた。

A loud noise of running feet came from the direction of the front door.

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ぶるっと

体をぶるっと震わせ、「通報しましょ」と息巻いた。

“Let’s report it”, she raged, her body shivering.

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Isn’t onomatopoeia great?! There’s a wonderful book about Japanese onomatopoeia called “おなかぺこぺこオノマトペ I’m PEKO-PEKO Hungry!” that is full of wonderful illustrations to describe Japanese onomatopoeia. You might enjoy it!

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のこのこ

「どうせヒマだし」と、のこのこついていってしまったのだ。

I’m free anyway, I said, and ended up brazenly tagging along.

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Two in one!

ペコリ

ビクッと

頭をペコリと下げると、彼女は一瞬ビクッと、慌てて同じように頭を下げた。

When I quickly bowed my head, she was startled for a moment, then hurriedly bowed her head too.

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そろそろ

俺そろそろ身を固めようと思うんだ。

I think it’s time for me to settle down/ I think I’ll settle down soon.

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Are you making a wiki for this thread, or is it just going to be random posts? It’s already up to 50 posts by now, so very hard to navigate I feel. :thinking: Hard to know what’s been posted and hasn’t as well.

Maybe a simple index, where people also link to their post with the example sentence would be great as a way to navigate the thread. :slight_smile:

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I’ll make an index in the OP when I get the time, with links to individual posts. Not sure why it would need to be a wiki.

By the way, it’s fine to repost a word that’s already been posted. We’d just have more examples this way.

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Well, I guess, is just intend for this to be your own thing you’re doing, sure, then it doesn’t have to be. :woman_shrugging:

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Not my own thing, I’d like everyone to contribute if they like. I was planning to update the index myself (once I make it), but I guess a wiki would be easier to maintain, that’s a good point.

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Added an index to the OP and made it a wiki. I’m glad you prompted me to do it now rather than later, @ekg, because it was already much more work than I expected. :sweat_smile:

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I just felt like I forgot about this thread after it started, and when I revisited just before we chatted, I realized I didn’t know how or what to post! :joy: It was just overwhelming a bit. XD

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