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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ガタガタ
［副］(スル)
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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」
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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」
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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」
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つべこべ文句を言うさま。「―言うな」
Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb
- rattling; clatteringOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb
- trembling; shivering; quaking; wobbling; swayingOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the ‘to’ particle, Suru verb
- whining; grumbling; griping; bellyachingOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
- rickety; shaky; wobbly; decrepit; ramshackle; broken downOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
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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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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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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. 
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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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! 
It was just overwhelming a bit. XD
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Yes, I realized I come across much more onomatopoeia in the books I’m reading than I was expecting, so I’ve added a lot rather quickly. How to post should be straightforward though, there’s even a very simple template in the OP.
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For sure, I spotted the template. For me, it’s more about whether I think I can contribute or not to a thread, which might not be the case. I certainly can’t offhand name 50 onomatopoeia, but I think I have encountered a lot, especially in all the audio media immersion I’ve done. I’ll try to make posts with example sentences going forward! ^>^
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Thank you, any contribution is appreciated! I just add them the moment I find them, otherwise I’ll just forget, and even if I remember, tracking down the exact sentence after the fact can get tedious.
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