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「あっさり・アッサリ」| ① easily/readily/quickly/flatly (refuse) ② lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.)/plainly/simply
「あべこべ」| ① contrary/opposite/inverse/reverse/back-to-front
「あやふや」| ① uncertain/indefinite/vague/ambiguous/equivocal/dubious/doubtful/non-committal
「イジイジ・いじいじ」| ① hesitantly/timidly/diffidently
「いそいそ・イソイソ」| ① cheerfully/joyously/joyfully/happily/lightheartedly/excitedly/eagerly
「イチャイチャ・いちゃいちゃ」| ① making out/necking/getting handsy/canoodling/being lovey-dovey/getting affectionate (with each other)/romantic play/fondling
「うじうじ・ウジウジ」| ① indecisively/hesitantly/irresolutely/wishy-washily
「うじゃうじゃ・ウジャウジャ」| ① in swarms/in clusters ② tediously/slowly
「うずうず・ウズウズ」| ① itching to do something/impatient/sorely tempted/eager
「うぞうぞ」| ① irrepressibly aroused (esp. sexually)/stimulated
「うだうだ・ウダウダ」| ① going on and on (about inconsequential things)/talking nonsense ② idling away the time/dawdling
「うっかり・ウッカリ」| ① carelessly/thoughtlessly/inadvertently
「うとうと・ウトウト・うとっと・ウトッと・ウトっと」| ① falling into a doze/dozing off/nodding off
「うねうね・ウネウネ」| ① winding/meandering/zigzagging/zig-zag/in twists and turns/sinuously/tortuously
「うろうろ・ウロウロ」| ① restlessly/aimlessly/without purpose ② to loiter/to drift/to hang about doing nothing/to wander aimlessly/to be restless (👉 うろつく) ③ to be restless/to fuss/to be in a fidget
「うんざり・ウンザリ」| ① tedious/boring/being fed up with
「オタオタ・おたおた」| ① flustered/flurried/(shocked) speechless
「オドオド・おどおど」| ① timidly/nervously/hesitantly/trembling (with fear)/fearfully/anxiously
「おろおろ・オロオロ」| ① in confusion/in a fluster/in bewilderment/in a dither/in a panic/all shook up/helplessly ② sobbing/tearfully/trembling (voice)
「カチカチ・コチコチ・カチコチ・かちかち・こちこち・かちこち・カッチカチ」| ① ticktock ② chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock)/knocking/clicking/clacking/clattering ③ dry and hard/(frozen) stiff ④ hidebound/die-hard/stubborn/obstinate/bigoted ⑤ scared stiff/tense/nervous/frightened
「カチッと・かちっと・カチっと」| ① with a click/with a clink/with a snap ② firmly/tightly/compactly/precisely
「カチン・かちん」| ① clink/clack ② feeling annoyed/being offended/being hurt
「かっか・カッカ」| ① to burn hotly/to burn redly ② to lose one's temper/to get mad/to be upset
「かっちり」| ① tightly/exactly/precisely ② close-fitting (e.g. suit)/firm (body)/lean
「カッと・かっと」| ① flaring up/burning hotly/suddenly becoming bright ② flying into a rage/losing one's cool ③ opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth) ④ acting resolutely (✋ archaic)
「カツカツ・かつかつ」| ① barely/just/narrowly/with difficulty
「からから・カラカラ・カラッカラ」| ① parched/dried-up/bone-dry ② empty/hollow ③ rattling/clattering ④ laughing loudly/roaring with laughter
「からっと・カラッと」| ① bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.)/perfectly (fine weather) ② nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.)/crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) ③ frankly/open-heartedly
「からり」| ① with a clatter ② with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.) ③ bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.)/perfectly (fine weather) ④ nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.)/crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) ⑤ cheerfully/frankly/open-heartedly ⑥ completely (forget, change, etc.)/totally
「ガーッと・がーっと・があっと」| ① with a grinding noise
「ガクガク・がくがく」| ① trembling (with fear, cold, etc.)/shaking/chattering (of teeth) ② coming loose/wobbling
「がさがさ・ガサガサ」| ① rustling ② dry/rough feeling/rough to the touch ③ rough (of a person)/coarse/crude/unrefined/uncouth ④ catching fish with a net
「ガタガタ・がたがた」| ① rattling/clattering ② trembling/shivering/quaking/wobbling/swaying ③ whining/grumbling/griping/bellyaching ④ rickety/shaky/wobbly/decrepit/ramshackle/broken down
「ガチガチ・がちがち」| ① chattering (teeth) ② (frozen, worried) stiff ③ rigid (personality, thinking, etc.)/inflexible/overly serious ④ voracious (e.g. work, study)/without slack or pause
「ガチャガチャ・がちゃがちゃ」| ① with a clatter/with a rattle/with a clank ② persistently (complaining, etc.)/annoyingly/(going) on and on ③ messy/cluttered/untidy ④ capsule-toy vending machine/capsule toy (👉 カプセルトイ) (🀄️ trademark) ⑤ Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid) (👉 クツワムシ)
「ガチャリ・がちゃり」| ① (with a) clank
「ガチャン・がちゃん・ガチン・がちん」| ① (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver)/(with a) banging noise/(with a) clash (broken dish)/(with a) clank/(with a) bang
「がちんがちん・ガチンガチン」| ① tick-tock/chipping (sound)
「がっかり・ガッカリ」| ① to be disappointed/to be dejected/to be downhearted/to be discouraged/to be disheartened/to lose heart/to feel let down ② to feel exhausted/to feel drained
「がっくり・ガックリ」| ① heartbroken/crestfallen/dejected/disappointed ② feeling exhausted/feeling drained
「がっしり」| ① firmly/solidly/sturdily/strongly/toughly
「がっちり・ガッチリ」| ① solid/robust/well-built ② tight/taut ③ shrewd/calculating/astute
「がっぷり」| ① firmly (grasped)/latched onto/locked onto
「ガツガツ・がつがつ」| ① hungrily/voraciously/ravenously ② greedily/avariciously/eagerly/ardently
「がぶがぶ・ガブガブ」| ① gulping down (a drink)/guzzling/chugging ② sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
「ガミガミ・がみがみ」| ① nagging/griping
「がやがや・ガヤガヤ・かやかや・カヤカヤ」| ① noisily (crowd of people talking)/clamorously/in a hubbub/jabberingly/chatteringly/buzzingly ② loudly (laughing) (✋ archaic)
「ガラガラ・がらがら」| ① with a clatter/with a rattle ② (almost) empty/(mostly) vacant/bare/uninhabited/unoccupied ③ raspy (voice)/gravelly/husky ④ with a gargle ⑤ rough (personality, speech, etc.)/unreserved/outspoken/boorish/ill-mannered ⑥ rattle (baby's toy) ⑦ lottery wheel
「キーキー・キイキイ・キィキィ・きーきー・きいきい・きぃきぃ」| ① with a (sharp) creak/with a squeak/with a screech
「きちきち・キチキチ」| ① jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.) ② grinding noise ③ precisely/correctly (e.g. when working, etc.) ④ Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea) (👉 ショウリョウバッタ)
「きちっと」| ① exactly/perfectly (👉 きちんと,1)
「きちんと」| ① properly/accurately/exactly/precisely/regularly ② neatly/tidily/orderly
「きっかり・キッカリ」| ① exactly/just/precisely (👉 かっきり,1) ② punctually/exactly on time (👉 かっきり,2)
「きっちり・キッチリ」| ① exactly/precisely/punctually/on the dot ② closely/tightly/(fitting) perfectly ③ properly/without fail
屹度・急度「きっと・キッと」| ① surely/undoubtedly/almost certainly/most likely (e.g. 90 percent) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② sternly/severely (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ having no slack/rigid/stiff/tight (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ④ suddenly/abruptly/instantly (✋ word usually written using kana alone; archaic)
「きっぱり・キッパリ」| ① clearly/plainly/distinctly/decisively/flatly/definitely/resolutely
「キビキビ・きびきび」| ① briskly/energetically/livelily/efficiently/crisply/vigorously
「きゅうきゅう」| ① squeak
「きゅっと・きゅうっと」| ① creakingly/squeakingly/squealingly ② tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.) ③ (drinking) all in one sweep
「キョロキョロ・きょろきょろ・きょときょと・キョトキョト」| ① (looking around) restlessly/(looking) all around/goggling
「キラキラ・きらきら」| ① glittering/sparkling/glistening/twinkling
「きんきん・キンキン」| ① shrill/strident/piercing/tinkling/metallic-sounding ② sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache) ③ ice-cold/very cold
「ギクシャク・ぎくしゃく」| ① awkward (movements, speech, etc.)/jerky/stiff/stilted ② strained (relations)/sour
刻々・段々・刻刻・段段「ギザギザ・ぎざぎざ」| ① notches/serration/indentation/jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② notched/serrated/jagged/corrugated/milled (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ギスギス・ぎすぎす」| ① stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.)/cold/unfriendly/unsociable/edgy ② thin and bony/scrawny
「ぎっしり・ギッシリ・ぎっちり・ギッチリ」| ① tightly (packed)/densely/closely/crammed
「ぎゅうぎゅう」| ① creaking/squeaking ② packing in tightly/cramming/squeezing ③ hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.)/tightly/with force ④ going hard (on someone)/tormenting (e.g. with questions)
「ぎゅぎゅ」| ① snoringly
「ぎゅっと・ギュッと・ギュっと・ギュって・ギュッて・ぎゅって」| ① tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.)/firmly/forcefully (e.g. push)/hard
「ぎょっと・ギョッと」| ① being startled
「ぎょろぎょろ」| ① goggling/rolling (one's eyes)
「ギラギラ・ぎらぎら」| ① glaringly/dazzlingly/blazingly
限り限り「ぎりぎり・ギリギリ」| ① just barely/only just/at the very limit/at the last moment (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「くさくさ・クサクサ」| ① feeling depressed/feeling gloomy/feeling downhearted
「くしゃくしゃ・クシャクシャ」| ① crumpled/rumpled/wrinkled/creased/tousled/disheveled/dishevelled ② to be annoyed/to be irritated/to be upset ③ noisily (chewing)
「くたくた・クタクタ・くったくた」| ① exhausted/worn out/dead tired ② battered (esp. of clothing)/worn out/ragged/tattered ③ (boiling) to a pulp/to a mash/to a mush
「くっきり・クッキリ」| ① clearly (standing out)/distinctly/sharply/boldly/in sharp relief
「くどくど」| ① tediously (explain, complain, etc.)/repeatedly/persistently/insistently/ad nauseam/at great length
「くねくね・クネクネ・ぐねぐね・グネグネ」| ① winding/meandering/wriggling/wiggling/waving/swaying/twisting and turning
「くよくよ・クヨクヨ」| ① to fret (over)/to brood (about)/to mope/to worry ② worriedly/(fretting) constantly/(worrying) over this and that/(obsessing) to no end
「クラクラ・くらくら」| ① dizzily/giddily/spinning/reeling/swimming ② boiling up
「くるくる・クルクル」| ① whirling/revolving/spinning/going round and round ② coiling around/winding around/rolling around ③ working tirelessly/working hard ④ constantly changing
「ぐいぐい・グイグイ」| ① without hesitation/with great optimism/vigorously/with great vigor/positively ② (pushing or pulling) strongly ③ (drinking) heavily
「ぐうぐう」| ① fast (asleep)/snoring or grumbling sound
愚図愚図「ぐずぐず・グズグズ」| ① slowly/tardily/dawdling/lingering/hesitantly (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② complaining/grumbling (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ unsettled (e.g. weather) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ④ loose/slackened (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ぐちゃぐちゃ・グチャグチャ」| ① pulpy/soppy ② sloppy/untidy/in a disarray/chaotic
「ぐっすり・グッスリ」| ① soundly (sleeping)/fast (asleep)
「ぐったり・グッタリ・グタリ・ぐたり」| ① limply/wearily/listlessly/languidly/exhaustedly/unenergetically
「ぐっと・グッと」| ① suddenly/at once/in one go/with a jerk/with a gulp ② considerably/very much/a lot ③ firmly/with an effort/tightly/exerting pressure ④ completely (e.g. at a loss) ⑤ deeply (e.g. moved)
「ぐにゃぐにゃ・グニャグニャ」| ① flabby/limp/soft and pliable
「ぐぶぐぶ」| ① gurgling/sound of rinsing one's mouth
「グラグラ・ぐらぐら」| ① wobbling/tottering/shaking/unstably/unsteadily ② wavering (e.g. over a decision)/dithering/indecisively ③ boiling up ④ dizzily/giddily (👉 くらくら,1)
「ぐるぐる・グルグル」| ① (turning) round and round/in circles ② wrapping around/winding around
「ぐんぐん」| ① rapidly/vigorously/by leaps and bounds/steadily
「けばけば」| ① gaudy/garish/showy
「げっそり・ゲッソリ」| ① to be disheartened/to be dejected/to be discouraged/to be disappointed ② suddenly (losing a lot of weight)/looking emaciated/becoming very thin
「ゲップ・げっぷ」| ① belch/burp/eructation
「げろげろ・ゲロゲロ」| ① throwing up/vomiting ② croaking (of a frog)/ribbit ribbit ③ gross!/yuck!
「こせこせ」| ① restlessly/fussily/anxiously/making a fuss over trifles ② to be cramped/to be claustrophobic
「こそこそ・コソコソ」| ① sneakily/secretly/stealthily/on the sly (👉 こっそり)
「こっそり・コッソリ」| ① stealthily/secretly/in secret
「コツコツ・こつこつ」| ① steadily/unflaggingly/untiringly/laboriously/diligently ② knocking/tapping/clicking/drumming
「コトコト・ことこと」| ① with a rattling sound/with a (gentle) clinking sound/rapping (on a door) ② (cooking) at a simmer/(boiling) gently/(bubbling) lightly
「コロコロ・ころころ・ころんころん・コロンコロン」| ① (rolling) along/(rolling) over and over ② with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell)/(laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone/merrily ③ (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.)/constantly/often/always ④ (losing) all too easily/(being defeated) one after another/in quick succession ⑤ chubby (and cute)/plump/round ⑥ chirping (of insects) ⑦ croaking (of a frog)/ribbit ribbit (👉 ケロケロ,1) ⑧ roller/lint roller/paint roller
「ころり・コロリ」| ① easily/effortlessly/suddenly/utterly ② changing completely ③ plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
「コンコン・こんこん」| ① tap-tap/knock-knock/bang-bang ② cough-cough ③ bark (of a fox)/yelp/cry ④ heavily (e.g. of snow falling) ⑤ fox (👉 狐,1) (✋ children's language)
「ごそごそ・ゴソゴソ」| ① with a rustling sound/(rummaging) around
「ゴタゴタ・ごたごた」| ① trouble/difficulties/dispute/quarrel/discord/dissension ② confusion/disorder/mess/muddle
「ごちゃごちゃ・ごちゃ・ごっちゃ・ごちゃくちゃ・ゴチャゴチャ・ゴチャ・ゴッチャ・ゴチャクチャ」| ① messy/confused/chaotic/disorderly/mixed-up/jumbled up ② in a nagging manner/(complaining) about various things
「ごぼごぼ」| ① gurgling/burbling/bubbling/sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
「ゴロゴロ・ごろごろ・ゴロンゴロン・ごろんごろん」| ① rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.)/grumbling/growling/purring ② rolling (of something large and heavy)/tumbling ③ all over the place/everywhere/commonly/in great numbers ④ idly/lazily/slothfully ⑤ (uncomfortable feeling of) having a foreign substance in one's eye, stomach, etc. ⑥ thunder (✋ children's language)
「サクサク・さくさく」| ① crisp (not moist or juicy)/crunchy/flaky (as in pastry) ② crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) ③ doing skillfully and efficiently/doing quickly/proceeding smoothly ④ sound of pouring liquid (✋ archaic) ⑤ speaking clearly (✋ archaic)
「さっさと・サッサと」| ① quickly/promptly/immediately/without delay/without hesitation/briskly/hurriedly/hastily ② indifferently/coldly
「さっぱり」| ① feeling refreshed/feeling relieved ② neat/tidy/clean ③ frank/open-hearted/plain/simple/light ④ completely/entirely ⑤ not in the least (with neg. verb)/not at all ⑥ nothing at all/completely useless/hopeless/awful
「サバサバ・さばさば」| ① relieved/refreshed ② frank/candid/easy-going/laid-back
「さらさら・サラサラ」| ① with a rustling sound ② rippling (of a stream, etc.)/murmuring/purling ③ slurping down (ochazuke) (👉 お茶漬け) ④ quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter)/with ease/smoothly/fluently ⑤ smooth and dry (hair, sand, etc.)/silky/powdery (e.g. snow)/free-flowing (e.g. blood)
「ザクザク・ざくざく」| ① walking on frost/crunching (e.g. on gravel) ② lots of coins or jewels ③ cutting into large pieces/loosely weaving ④ large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
「ざっと」| ① roughly/approximately/round about/more or less ② cursorily/briefly/quickly/lightly/roughly
「ザラザラ・ざらざら」| ① rough (touch, voice, etc.)/coarse/gritty/sandy/granular ② rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
「ざわざわ・ザワザワ」| ① noisily (from many people talking)/in a commotion ② with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.)/with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.) ③ feeling a chill/with a chill (up one's spine)
「しっくり」| ① exactly/nicely/to a tee ② to be fitting
「しとしと・シトシト」| ① gently (raining)/drizzling ② moist/damp
屡々・屡屡・屡・数数・数々・数「しばしば」| ① often/again and again/frequently/repeatedly (👉 度々,たびたび) (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
沁み沁み・染み染み・沁沁「しみじみ」| ① keenly/deeply/fully/heartily/seriously/earnestly (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② calmly/quietly/softly (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ fixedly (gazing, staring)/intently (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「しゃきしゃき・シャキシャキ・シャッキシャッキ」| ① crisp/crunchy/precise/clipped/brisk
「しゃぶしゃぶ」| ① shabu-shabu/hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce (🀄️ food, cooking)
「しょんぼり・しょんもり」| ① downheartedly/dejectedly/dispiritedly/despondently
「じくじく」| ① oozing/damp/sodden
「ジタバタ・じたばた」| ① (kicking and) struggling/wriggling/floundering/flailing ② to get into a panic/to make a fuss/to make a scene
「じっくり」| ① (slowly and) carefully/without haste/thoroughly/deliberately/closely/meticulously
凝乎と「じっと・じーっと・じーと・じいっと」| ① motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait)/(be) still (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare)/intently (e.g. listen, think) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ patiently (endure)/stoically (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ④ firmly (e.g. hold)/restrained (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「じめじめ・ジメジメ」| ① damp/humid/wet/clammy/muggy/soggy ② gloomy/melancholy/depressing
「じゃあじゃあ」| ① noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
「じゃぶじゃぶ・ジャブジャブ」| ① splashing (water)/splashing about/with a splash ② vigorously/generously (e.g. pouring sauce)/plenty ③ greatly (using or making money)
「じゃりじゃり」| ① crunchy/gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
「じゅうじゅう・ジュージュー」| ① sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.)/frizzling
「じりじり・ジリジリ・ぢりぢり・ヂリヂリ」| ① slowly (but steadily)/gradually/bit-by-bit ② irritatedly/impatiently ③ scorchingly (of the sun) ④ sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) ⑤ sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. ⑥ oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.)/seeping out
「じんわり」| ① gradually (progressing)/steadily/slowly ② seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
「スースー・すーすー」| ① cool sensation from passing air/cool and refreshing (aftertaste) ② sound of air leaking/sound of a sleeper's breath
「スイスイ・すいすい」| ① lightly and smoothly (of movements)/swiftly/glidingly ② (progressing) smoothly/(solving) easily
「すたすた」| ① (walk) briskly/at a brisk pace/quickly
「すっかり」| ① all/completely/totally/entirely/thoroughly
「すっきり・スッキリ」| ① refreshingly/with a feeling of relief/pleasantly/(a weight) off one's shoulder (👉 さっぱり,1) ② shapely/neatly/refinedly ③ cleanly/without trouble ④ clearly/plainly/distinctly (👉 はっきり,1) ⑤ completely/thoroughly (👉 すっかり) ⑥ not at all (with negative sentence)/not even slightly (👉 さっぱり,5)
「スカッと・スカっと・すかっと・スカーッと」| ① refreshingly/with a feeling of relief/pleasantly/(a weight) off one's shoulder (👉 すっきり,1) ② (wearing, etc. something) elegantly/smartly/stylishly/in a refined manner
「すっと・スッと・スーッと・すうっと」| ① straight/quickly/directly/all of a sudden ② quietly/gently/softly ③ to feel refreshed/to feel satisfied
「すっぱり・すぱり」| ① completely (quitting, etc.)/entirely/thoroughly/totally/wholly/resolutely/decisively/flatly/firmly/without hesitation ② cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.)/in a single blow
「すやすや」| ① (sleeping) peacefully/quietly/soundly
「スラスラ・すらすら」| ① smoothly/easily/readily
「すらり」| ① long, slender and well-proportioned ② smooth, continuous (movement)
「するする」| ① smoothly/swiftly
「するり」| ① with a smooth, unhindered motion/speedily and without delay
「すんなり」| ① slim/slender/lithe/supple ② smoothly/without resistance/without trouble/without difficulty/without dissent/easily/readily
「ずかずか・ズカズカ」| ① rudely (barging in)/straight/directly/without hesitation/without permission
「ズキズキ・ずきずき」| ① throbbingly (of pain)
「ズケズケ・ずけずけ」| ① (speaking) bluntly/frankly/straightforwardly/openly/directly/unhesitantingly/without reserve/outspokenly
「ずっしり・ズッシリ・ずしり・ズシリ」| ① heavily/profoundly
「ズバリ・ずばり」| ① decisively/decidedly/boldly/once and for all/unreservedly/frankly ② precisely/exactly
「ずらっと・ズラッと」| ① in a line/in a row (👉 ずらり)
「ずるずる・ズルズル・づるづる」| ① (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly ② (falling) little by little/(slipping) gradually/(drawing back) slowly/with a slither ③ on and on/while putting off/slovenly/interminably ④ with a slurp/with a sniffle ⑤ loose/lax/inconclusive/unresolved
「ずんずん・ズンズン」| ① rapidly/quickly/briskly/steadily/by leaps and bounds ② booming (e.g. of a drum)
「せかせか」| ① restlessly/hurriedly/agitatedly/fidgeting
「そこそこ」| ① reasonably/fairly/all right/moderate ② hurriedly/in a rush/having barely finished ③ approximately/about/or so
「そっくり」| ① all/altogether/entirely/completely ② exactly alike (e.g. in appearance)/spitting image of/identical/strikingly similar
「そっと・そうっと・そおっと・そーっと」| ① softly/gently/quietly/lightly ② stealthily/secretly/in secret (👉 こっそり) ③ to leave alone/to leave as it is
「そわそわ・ソワソワ」| ① restlessly/nervously/uneasily/in a fidget
「ぞくぞく・ゾクゾク」| ① shivering/feeling chilly ② shuddering (with fear)/feeling creepy ③ thrilled/excited
「ぞっと・ゾッと」| ① shuddering/shivering/trembling/being horrified/being disgusted (👉 ぞっとしない)
「ぞろぞろ・ゾロゾロ」| ① in a crowd/in droves/in a stream/in succession ② crawling (of insects)/swarming ③ dragging (e.g. along the ground)/trailing/stretching out
「たじたじ・タジタジ」| ① flinchingly/falteringly/being overwhelmed ② staggeringly/totteringly/unsteadily
「たっぷり」| ① plentifully/amply/abundantly/copiously/generously/fully/a lot ② loosely/with room to spare/with enough space/(large) enough ③ a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres)/a full/at least/no less than
「たらたら・タラタラ」| ① drop-by-drop/dripping/dribbling/in a trickle ② incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments)/in great profusion ③ sluggishly/dawdling (✋ colloquial)
「だぶだぶ・ダブダブ」| ① loose (of clothing)/baggy (👉 ぶかぶか,1;ゆったり,2;たぶたぶ,2) ② flabby/saggy ③ sloshing/slopping/overflowing ④ plenty (of pouring a liquid)/drowning (e.g. in a sauce)
「だらだら・ダラダラ」| ① in drops/dripping/trickling/streaming/flowing ② gently (sloping) ③ sluggishly/endlessly/lengthily ④ leisurely/idly/slowly/slovenly
「ちぐはぐ」| ① mismatched/odd/irregular ② inconsistent/incoherent/confused
「ちびちび・ちびりちびり」| ① little by little/bit by bit/sparingly
「ちゃっかり・チャッカリ」| ① shrewdly/smartly/calculatingly/astutely/cunningly
「ちやほや・チヤホヤ」| ① to make a fuss over/to pamper/to spoil/to indulge/to flatter (with attention)
「ちゃんちゃん」| ① regularly/promptly ② sound of clashing swords ③ Manchu queue (👉 辮髪) ④ padded sleeveless kimono jacket/Japanese vest (often for children) (👉 ちゃんちゃんこ)
「ちゃんと」| ① diligently/seriously/earnestly/reliably/steadily/legitimately ② perfectly/properly/exactly/orderly/punctually/regularly/safely/in good condition ③ sufficiently/satisfactorily ④ quickly
「ちゅう・チュー・ちゅー」| ① kiss (✋ colloquial) ② squeak (of a mouse) ③ with a slurp
「ちょいちょい・チョイチョイ」| ① often/frequently/now and then/occasionally ② lightly (of a movement) ③ easily/simply/effortlessly
「ちょこちょこ・チョコチョコ」| ① toddling/with small, quick steps ② restlessly/in continuous motion ③ quickly and easily ④ often/frequently/now and then/occasionally
「ちょっぴり・ちょぴり」| ① a tiny bit/just a smidgin/a wee bit/very slightly (✋ colloquial)
「ちょろちょろ・チョロチョロ」| ① trickling (of water) ② flickering (of fire) ③ darting about (e.g. a small animal)/scampering about/moving rapidly
「ちらちら・チラチラ・チラッチラッ」| ① falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti)/fluttering ② flickering/twinkling/glimmering/sparkling/dazzling ③ appearing and disappearing/catching glimpses ④ glancing (repeatedly) (👉 ちらっと) ⑤ (hear, see) from time to time/intermittently
「ちらっと・チラッと・チラっと・ちらと・チラと」| ① at a glance/by accident
「ちんちん・チンチン」| ① penis (✋ children's language) ② with a tinkle/with a jingle ③ with a whistle (of a kettle) ④ sitting up and begging (of a dog) ⑤ juvenile black porgy (👉 クロダイ) (🗣 Kantou-ben) ⑥ children's game in which one hops on one foot (👉 ちんちんもがもが) ⑦ very hot (e.g. of tea) ⑧ flirting/fondling (👉 ちんちんかもかも) (✋ obsolete term) ⑨ jealousy (✋ obsolete term)
「つかつか」| ① walking briskly/determinedly
熟・熟熟・熟々「つくづく・つくつく・つくずく」| ① deeply/keenly/severely/completely/utterly (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② intently/carefully/closely/attentively (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「つべこべ」| ① complaining/nitpicking
「つるつる・ツルツル」| ① smooth/shiny/slick ② slippery/greasy ③ slurping (noodles)
「ツンツン・つんつん」| ① aloof/morose/stuck-up/standoffish/cold/unfriendly ② (smelling) strongly/pungently ③ spiky (esp. of a hairstyle)/sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems) ④ poking (at)/pecking
「テカテカ・てかてか・テッカテカ・てっかてか」| ① gleaming/shining/glistening
「てくてく」| ① (walking a long distance) at a steady pace/intently/earnestly/single-mindedly/trudgingly/ploddingly
「てこてこ」| ① sound of walking
「でかでか」| ① in a big way
「でれっと」| ① slack/slovenly/lackadaisical (✋ colloquial) ② moonstruck/love-struck/spoony (✋ colloquial)
「デレデレ・でれでれ」| ① idling/lazing/slovenly ② flirting/philandering/womanizing/being lovestruck/fawning/mooning
「とぼとぼ・トボトボ」| ① trudging (along)/plodding/slowly and with heavy steps
「とんとん・トントン」| ① with a tap/with a knock/with a knocking sound/with a rap-tap ② smoothly (proceed)/without a hitch/without delay ③ even/equal/break-even
「ドキッと・ドキっと・どきっと」| ① being startled/getting a shock
「ドキドキ・どきどき・どきんどきん・ドキンドキン・ドッキドキ・どっきどき」| ① thump-thump/bang-bang/pit-a-pat/pitapat/pitter-patter ② to beat fast (of one's heart)/to throb/to pound/to palpitate
「ドッキリ・どっきり」| ① feeling startled/getting a shock ② prank/practical joke
「どしどし」| ① rapidly/one after the other ② without hesitation/unreservedly/freely ③ sound of tramping/stomping
「ドタバタ・どたばた」| ① noisily (running around)/with heavy feet ② in a fluster/in a flurry/in a panic ③ slapstick (👉 ドタバタ喜劇) (✋ abbreviation)
「どっと・ドッと・ドっと」| ① bursting out (laughter)/breaking out (applause)/roaring/whooping ② in a rush/in a surge/flooding in/pouring in ③ suddenly/all of a sudden
「どやどや」| ① sound of many footsteps
泥々・泥泥「どろどろ・ドロドロ」| ① viscous/mushy/pulpy/thick/slushy/syrupy/sticky (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② muddy/dirty (with oil, grease, etc.) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.)/to be murky/to be sordid (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「どんどん・ドンドン」| ① drumming (noise)/beating/pounding/banging/booming/stamping ② rapidly/quickly/steadily ③ continuously/one after the other/in succession
「なよなよ・ナヨナヨ」| ① delicately/weakly/gently/supplely
「にちゃにちゃ」| ① slimy
「ニヤニヤ・にやにや」| ① grinning/smirking
「にょろにょろ・ニョロニョロ」| ① slitheringly/wriggling, slipping and sliding
「ぬらぬら・ヌラヌラ」| ① slimy/slippery (👉 ぬるぬる,1) ② (moving) slowly (✋ obsolete term)
「ヌルヌル・ぬるぬる」| ① slimy/slippery/greasy/clammy ② smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
「ネチネチ・ねちねち」| ① stickily/glutinously ② persistently/insistently/tenaciously/doggedly
「のこのこ・ノコノコ」| ① unconcernedly/nonchalantly/shamelessly/brazenly
「のそのそ」| ① (move) slowly (e.g. walk)/sluggishly/stolidly/ploddingly/heavily (👉 のっそり,1)
「のろのろ」| ① slowly/sluggishly
「のんびり・ノンビリ」| ① at leisure/in a relaxed manner/in a carefree manner/quietly/peacefully ② to relax/to take it easy/to chill
「はきはき」| ① briskly/smartly/promptly/clearly/lucidly
「はっきり・ハッキリ」| ① clearly/plainly/distinctly ② to be clear/to be definite/to be certain/to be exact/to become clear/to clear up
「はっと・ハッと」| ① with a start/in surprise ② suddenly (realize, remember, etc.)/all of a sudden ③ puffing (air)/with a puff ④ suddenly (of a movement or change) (✋ obsolete term) ⑤ standing out/being showy/being gaudy (✋ archaic)
「ばさばさ・バサバサ」| ① rustling/flapping/fluttering ② unkempt (hair, etc.)/loose/dishevelled ③ dry ④ decisively/with a whack
「バッチリ・ばっちり」| ① perfectly/right on the mark/spot on/bang on ② enough/sufficiently/thoroughly/completely
薔薇薔薇「バラバラ・ばらばら」| ① scattered/disperse/loose/disconnected/in pieces/in drops/rustling
「バリバリ・ばりばり」| ① vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.)/roughly/with a rip ② (eating) with a crunch ③ stiff/starchy/crisp ④ (working) hard/energetically/vigorously/furiously ⑤ with a series of loud, repeated sounds (e.g. firing a machine gun, revving an engine)/with a lot of (continuous) noise
「ぱくぱく・パクパク」| ① repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth)/gasping ② flapping (e.g. shoe sole)/gaping open and shut ③ heartily (eating)/devouring/munching/gobbling
「ぱちくり・パチクリ」| ① blinking (in surprise)
「パチッ・ぱちっ」| ① with a snap/with a flick/with a clack/with a whap ② wide-eyed/with a flick (of eyelids)/with a blink/opened wide (of eyes) ③ with a crackle (of a fire)/with a rustle/with a burst
「パクリ・ぱくり・ぱっくり・パックリ・ばっくり・パクり」| ① gaping (e.g. mouth, wound)/(opening) wide ② snapping up (e.g. bait)/biting into (food)/gobbling up ③ plagiarism/rip-off/lifting/cribbing (👉 パクる,2) (✋ colloquial)
「パッチリ・ぱっちり」| ① wide open (of eyes)/large and bright (eyes)
「パッと・ぱっと・パっと」| ① suddenly/in a flash/quickly/rapidly/swiftly/nimbly ② conspicuously/prominently/showily/attractively/impressively (👉 ぱっとしない)
「パリパリ・ぱりぱり」| ① crispy/crunchy ② tearing/ripping/cracking ③ spirited/energetic/vigorous ④ brand-new and high quality (clothing)/well-starched/crisp (bill)
「パンパン・ぱんぱん」| ① kapow/bang/slap/clap ② bulging/filled to bursting ③ prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII) (👉 パンパンガール) (✋ historical term)
「ひくひく」| ① twitching
「ヒソヒソ・ひそひそ」| ① in a whisper/in a low voice/in undertones
「ひっそり」| ① quiet (place)/still/silent/deserted ② inconspicuously/modestly/quietly
「ひょいと」| ① suddenly/unexpectedly ② by chance/accidentally/casually ③ lightly/nimbly/with agility
「ひょこひょこ」| ① unsteady steps/bobbing
「ひょっこり・ひょっくり」| ① all of a sudden/suddenly/by chance/unexpectedly
「ひょっと」| ① possibly/perhaps/perchance (👉 ひょっとすると;ひょっとしたら;ひょっとして) ② unintentionally/accidentally
「ひょっとすると」| ① perhaps/maybe/possibly
「ひょろひょろ」| ① totteringly/staggeringly/unsteadily ② lanky/spindly/slender/frail
「ひょろり」| ① tall and thin/long and thin/lanky/spindly/gangly
「ひらひら・ヒラヒラ」| ① fluttering/flapping/waving ② flickering (light, flame, etc.) (✋ archaic) ③ frill/piece of thin material
「ヒリヒリ・ひりひり」| ① stinging (pain)/smarting/tingling
冷んやり「ひんやり」| ① cool/chilly/feeling nice and cold (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ビクビク・びくびく」| ① being afraid of/being fearful/being timid/being nervous ② trembling/shivering
「びしびし」| ① stickily/relentlessly
「びしょびしょ・びちょびちょ・ビショビショ・ビチョビチョ」| ① soaked/drenched/sopping/soppy/wet ② incessantly (raining)/drizzling
「びっしょり」| ① wet through/drenched
「びっしり・ビッシリ」| ① closely (packed, lined up, etc.)/tightly/densely ② (work) sufficiently
「びらびら・ビラビラ」| ① fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material) ② piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc. ③ labia minora/inner lips (👉 小陰唇) (✋ colloquial)
「ビリビリ・びりびり」| ① (tear) to pieces/(rip) apart/(rip) up/(rip) open ② with a rattle/with a shudder/trembling ③ feeling an electric shock
「ピカピカ・ぴかぴか・ピッカピカ・ぴっかぴか・ビカビカ・びかびか」| ① with a glitter/with a sparkle ② brand new/shiny and new ③ cleaned (of a plate, etc.)/finished (✋ children's language)
「ピクリ・ぴくり」| ① with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow)/with a dip/with a bob/with a flutter (👉 ぴくっと)
「ピシッと・ぴしっと」| ① with a crack/with a snap/with a slam ② firmly/sharply/sternly ③ precisely/properly/neatly/tidily
「ぴしゃり・ピシャリ」| ① slapping/splashing/splatting/banging shut/flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
「ぴちぴち・ピチピチ」| ① bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman)/vivaciously young/spunky/energetic ② (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net) ③ bursting (e.g. seams)/tight ④ splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
「ぴったり・ピッタリ・ぴたり・ピタリ・ぴったし・ピッタシ」| ① tightly/closely ② exactly/precisely ③ suddenly (stopping) ④ perfectly (suited)/ideally
「ぴょんぴょん・ピョンピョン」| ① hopping/skipping/lightly and repeatedly jumping
「ピリピリ・ぴりぴり」| ① with a sting/with a tingle/with a burn/smartingly ② nervously/tensely/(while) on edge ③ with a rip/with a ripping sound/with a tearing sound ④ with a shrill sound (of a whistle) ⑤ quiveringly/tremblingly
「ぴんぴん・ピンピン」| ① lively/energetic/full of life ② vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.) ③ piercing (e.g. sound)/penetrating/grating
「フーフー・ふうふう・ふーふー・フウフウ・フゥフゥ」| ① blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down) ② huffing and puffing/puffing and panting/gasping ③ struggling (with work, studies, etc.)/having difficulty
「ふらっと」| ① aimlessly/by chance/accidentally/casually/suddenly/unexpectedly (👉 ふらり,1)
「ふらふら・フラフラ」| ① unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet)/shakily/staggering/tottering/reeling/dizzily/giddily ② wavering (in one's mind)/unsteadily/indecisively ③ aimlessly/unconsciously/whimsically/without thinking
「ふらり」| ① aimlessly/unexpectedly (showing up) ② slowly swaying/staggering/moving feebly
「ふわっと・フワッと・ふわーっと・フワーっと・フワーと」| ① floatingly/driftingly/with a sense of weightlessness ② softly/gently/lightly ③ restlessly/uncertainly/unconfidently/nervously
「ふわり・ふうわり・ふーわり」| ① softly/gently/lightly
「ブーブー・ぶーぶー・ぶうぶう・ブウブウ」| ① bugling (sound)/honking/oinking/vibrating (e.g. phone) ② grumbling/complaining ③ car/automobile (✋ children's language)
「ぶかぶか・ブカブカ」| ① too large (clothing)/baggy/loose-fitting ② bulging/warping ③ parp/toot/blast
「ぶくぶく・ブクブク」| ① bulging/swelling (e.g. with water)/loose-fitting or baggy (clothing) ② bubbling/foaming
「ぶつぶつ・ブツブツ」| ① grunt/grumble/complaint/mutter ② pimples/spots/eruption/rash ③ cutting into small pieces ④ simmering
「ブヨブヨ・ぶよぶよ」| ① soft/flabby/spongy/mushy/soggy
「ぶらぶら・ブラブラ」| ① dangling/swaying/swinging ② (walking) leisurely/aimlessly/strolling/wandering/rambling ③ idly/lazily/leisurely/aimlessly
「ぶるぶる・ブルブル」| ① trembling (with fear, anger, etc.)/shivering (with cold)/shaking/quivering
「ヘトヘト・へとへと」| ① completely exhausted/dead tired/knackered
「へなへな・ヘナヘナ」| ① weakly/helplessly ② weak/flimsy/easy to bend
「ヘラヘラ・へらへら」| ① (laughing) foolishly/(smiling) thoughtlessly ② indiscreetly (talking)/carelessly (speaking)/frivolously/flippantly ③ thin (paper, cloth, etc.)/flimsy ④ flaring up/bursting into flames (✋ archaic)
「ベタベタ・べたべた」| ① sticky ② thickly (e.g. painted)/heavily (applied) ③ all over (pasting, stamping, etc.) ④ clinging (e.g. of a person)/following around/being all over (each other)/flirting ⑤ clichéd/hackneyed (👉 べた,3) (✋ colloquial)
「べちゃべちゃ・ベチャベチャ・ベチョベチョ・べちょべちょ」| ① chattering/prattling/gooey/messy (from mud, ink, etc.)/slushy (e.g. snow)
「べったり・ベッタリ」| ① sticking/clinging ② with a smack (e.g. sitting down)/hard ③ all over/thickly
「ベトベト・べとべと」| ① sticky
「べらべら」| ① non-stop talking/speaking indiscreetly/chattering ② thin/flimsy
「ペコペコ・ぺこぺこ」| ① very hungry/starving/famished ② bowing repeatedly/kowtowing/bowing and scraping/being obsequious/being servile ③ denting/buckling/giving (in)
「ペラペラ・ぺらぺら」| ① fluently (speaking a foreign language) ② incessantly (speaking)/glibly/garrulously/volubly ③ one after the other (flipping through pages) ④ thin (paper, cloth, etc.)/flimsy/weak
「ほかほか・ホカホカ・ほこほこ・ホコホコ」| ① comfortably warm/steaming hot (food)/piping hot/glowing (with warmth)
「ほくほく・ホクホク」| ① soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.)/fluffy/crumbly/fresh-baked/fresh from the oven ② being pleased with oneself/beaming happily/chuckling to oneself
「ほっと・ホッと・ホっと」| ① with a feeling of relief/with a sigh of relief ② deeply (sigh)
「ほやほや」| ① hot (e.g. from the oven)/steaming (from the pot)/fresh ② fresh (e.g. out of university)/new (e.g. married couple)
「ほろほろ」| ① by ones and twos ② tears or flower petals falling quietly (👉 はらはら,2;ぼろぼろ,3) ③ gurgling bird sound ④ falling apart/crumbling/melting (in one's mouth) ⑤ dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. (🀄️ food, cooking)
「ほろり」| ① being moved (to tears)/being touched (by)/becoming sentimental ② (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.) ③ becoming slightly drunk/becoming tipsy
「ほんのり」| ① slightly/faintly
「ぼーっと・ボーっと・ボーッと・ぼうっと・ぼおっと・ボウッと・ボウっと・ボオッと」| ① in a daze/absent-mindedly/vacantly/abstractedly/blankly/idly ② dimly/hazily/faintly/vaguely/indistinctly ③ with a roar (of flames)/with a whoosh/flaring up
「ボサボサ・ぼさぼさ」| ① ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.)/unkempt/dishevelled/untidy/tousled ② idling away time/dawdling/dilly-dallying
「ぼちぼち・ボチボチ」| ① leisurely/slowly/gradually/steadily/little by little ② soon/shortly ③ here and there/scattered/dotted ④ not bad/passable/so-so (🗣 Kansai-ben)
「ぼちゃん・ぽちゃん・ぼっとん・ポチャン・ボットン」| ① with a splash/with a plop
「ぼつぼつ」| ① gradually/little by little/in a breezy manner ② soon/before long ③ here and there/scattered ④ spots/dots/pimples/rash
「ボリボリ・ぼりぼり」| ① munching/crunching ② scratching (an itch)
「ボロボロ・ぼろぼろ」| ① worn-out/ragged/tattered/battered/scruffy ② crumbling/dry and crumbly ③ falling (in drops or clumps)/scattering ④ (physically or mentally) worn-out/exhausted ⑤ (coming to light) one after another
「ぼんやり・ボンヤリ」| ① dimly/faintly/indistinctly/vaguely ② absentmindedly/vacantly/carelessly ③ idly/aimlessly ④ absence of mind/fool/blockhead/dunce
「ぽかぽか・ポカポカ・ぽっかぽか・ポッカポカ」| ① pleasantly warm/nice and warm ② repeatedly (hitting someone)/again and again/over and over
「ぽかん・ポカン・ぱかん・パカン」| ① vacantly/blankly/absentmindedly ② openmouthed/with one's mouth wide-open/gaping/flabbergasted ③ with a whack/with a thump
「ポタポタ・ぽたぽた・ボタボタ・ぼたぼた・ぼとぼと・ボトボト・ポトポト・ぽとぽと」| ① dripping/trickling/drop by drop/in drops ② wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.) ③ (moving) slowly (✋ archaic)
「ぽちゃぽちゃ・ちゃぽちゃぽ・ぼちゃぼちゃ・ぴちゃぴちゃ・パチャパチャ・チャポチャポ・バチャバチャ・ピチャピチャ」| ① splashing (water) ② chubby (and cute)/plump
「ぽっきり」| ① snappingly/with a snap (👉 ぽきっと) ② no more or less than/merely .../exactly ... (👉 こっきり,1)
「ぽってり」| ① plump/fat/thick (e.g. curry)/full (e.g. lips)
「ポツポツ・ぽつぽつ」| ① dots/spots ② bit by bit/little by little/gradually ③ here and there/scattered/dotted ④ in drops/(falling) lightly
「ぽろぽろ・ポロポロ」| ① in large drops (👉 ぼろぼろ,3)
「まごまご」| ① confused/flustered/at a loss (👉 まごつく,1)
「まざまざ」| ① vividly/clearly/distinctly/acutely
「ミンミン・みんみん・ミーンミーン・ミーンミン」| ① buzz buzz (sound of robust cicadas) (👉 ミンミンゼミ)
「ムカムカ・むかむか」| ① feeling sick/feeling queasy/feeling nauseated ② being angry/being offended/being disgusted
「ムズムズ・むずむず」| ① to itch/to feel itchy/to feel creepy ② to be impatient/to itch (to do something)/to be eager
「むっつり・ムッツリ」| ① sullenly/taciturnly/morosely/gloomily/silently ② taciturn person/uncommunicative person
「むにゃむにゃ・ムニャムニャ・もにゃもにゃ・モニャモニャ」| ① (mumbling) incomprehensibly/while mumbling/mutteringly/murmuringly
「むんむん・ムンムン」| ① stuffy/steamy/sultry
「メキメキ・めきめき」| ① remarkably/markedly/rapidly ② sound of breaking or creaking
「メソメソ・めそめそ」| ① sobbing/weeping/whimpering
「もじもじ・モジモジ」| ① bashfully/hesitantly/fidgety/restlessly/squirming/wriggling/haltingly
「もたもた・モタモタ」| ① slowly/inefficiently/tardily/dawdling
「もっこり・モッコリ」| ① bulging (esp. of male genitals under clothing)
「もやもや・モヤモヤ」| ① hazy/misty/foggy/murky/fuzzy ② hazy feeling/uncertain feeling/feeling gloomy/feeling depressed/pent-up feelings/ill feeling
「もりもり・モリモリ」| ① (eating) heartily ② energetically/vigorously/(working) hard/enthusiastically ③ bulging (muscles)/welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
「やきもき・ヤキモキ」| ① anxiously/impatiently/worriedly/fretting/getting worked up
漸と「やっと」| ① at last/finally (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② barely/narrowly/just/by the skin of one's teeth (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ゆさゆさ」| ① swaying (with large slow movements)/shaking
「ゆっくり」| ① slowly/unhurriedly/without haste/leisurely/at one's leisure ② easily (e.g. in time)/well/sufficiently/amply/with time to spare ③ well (e.g. sleep)/comfortably
揺ら揺ら「ゆらゆら・ユラユラ」| ① swaying/swinging/rocking/shaking/wavering/flickering (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
緩々・緩緩「ゆるゆる・ユルユル」| ① very loose/slowly/leisurely (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ヨチヨチ・よちよち」| ① totteringly/with tottering steps/toddling
「よぼよぼ」| ① doddering/tottering/unsteady/shaky/decrepit/infirm/frail/feeble
「よろよろ・ヨロヨロ」| ① tottering/staggering/faltering/reeling
「ワイワイ・わいわい」| ① noisily/clamorously/boisterously ② incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.)/going on and on/making a fuss (of something)/playing up ③ loudly (crying)/wailing/bawling/howling
「わくわく・ワクワク・ワックワク」| ① to be excited/to be nervous/to be thrilled
「わらわら・ワラワラ」| ① bustling/shuffling/squirming/creepy crawly
「カサカサ・かさかさ」| ① dry and rough/desiccated ② rustling
「ガンガン・がんがん」| ① clanging/banging/booming/loudly ② throbbing (headache)/pounding/splitting ③ fully/vigorously/hard (e.g. working)/flat out (✋ colloquial)
「クンクン・くんくん」| ① sniff-sniff (of an animal) ② whining/whimpering
「ぐりぐり・グリグリ」| ① hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.) ② grinding against/pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) ③ rolling one's eyes/goggling one's eyes/googly eyes ④ rattling sound
「ケロケロ・けろけろ」| ① croaking (of a frog)/ribbit ribbit ② with a robotic-sounding auto-tune effect (of vocals) (✋ colloquial)
「ゴツン・ごつん」| ① thud/thump/bang
「ザーザー・ざーざー・ざあざあ」| ① (raining) heavily/(water rushing) plentily ② with white noise/with a buzz
「シュポシュポ」| ① pump-pump
「ジワジワ・じわじわ」| ① slowly (but steadily)/gradually/bit-by-bit ② slowly soaking in/slowly permeating/oozing out/seeping out
「ズシン・ずしん」| ① thud
「タポタポ・たぽたぽ」| ① bloated (with liquid; of a stomach)
「チン・ちん・チーン・ちーん」| ① ding (of a bell)/bing/ting/tinkle/ring ② honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose)/snort ③ heating in a microwave/cooking in a microwave/microwaving/nuking (👉 チンする) (✋ colloquial) ④ penis (👉 ちんちん,1) (✋ abbreviation; slang)
「チェッ・ちぇっ・チェ・ちぇ・チッ・ちっ」| ① tsk/tut/shoot/darn/dang ② chirp/tweet
「チクチク・ちくちく」| ① prickling/stinging/tingling
「ちくり・チクリ」| ① prickling/stinging/biting ② tale-telling/tattling
「チョキチョキ・ちょきちょき」| ① snipping sound/cutting sound/to cut
「ドタン・どたん」| ① thud
「ドンパチ・どんぱち」| ① sound of pistol fire/sound of exploding gunpowder ② exchange of (pistol) fire/shootout/conflict/war (✋ colloquial)
「ニコニコ・にこにこ」| ① with a friendly grin/smilingly
「ヌーボー・ヌーヴォー・ヌーヴォ・ヌーボ」| ① modern/up-to-date ② art nouveau (👉 アールヌーボー) (✋ abbreviation) ③ Beaujolais nouveau (wine) (👉 ボジョレーヌーボー) (✋ abbreviation) ④ vague/fuzzy/elusive/slippery/mysterious
「ハラハラ・はらはら」| ① to feel anxious/to feel nervous/to be kept in suspense/to feel excited/to feel thrilled ② fluttering down/trickling down (e.g. tears) ③ hanging untidily (of hair)/straggling
「バタバタ・ばたばた」| ① flapping/rattling/fluttering ② (running) with a clatter/noisily/thrashing (around)/floundering/flailing ③ (falling) one after another/in quick succession ④ busily/hurriedly/in a fluster/in a rush/rushing around/bustling about/scurrying ⑤ quickly/briskly/with dispatch ⑥ motorcycle/three-wheeler truck (✋ colloquial)
「バタン・ばたん」| ① bang/slam/thud/crash
「パサパサ・ぱさぱさ」| ① dried-out/dry (e.g. hair)/stale (bread)
「パチパチ・ぱちぱち」| ① crackling/cracking/snapping/popping/clicking ② clapping ③ incessantly (blinking)
「ぱらぱら・パラパラ」| ① sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.)/pattering ② flipping (through a book, etc.)/riffling ③ sparse/scattered/sporadic ④ crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese)/loose/non-sticky (e.g. rice)
「ピカドン・ぴかどん」| ① atomic bomb (✋ colloquial)
「ふわふわ・フワフワ」| ① lightly (floating, drifting, etc.)/buoyantly ② soft/fluffy/spongy ③ unsteadily/flightily/fickly/frivolously
「ぷかぷか・プカプカ」| ① lightly (floating)/buoyantly ② puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) ③ tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.)/blowing (a flute, whistle)
「プリプリ・ぷりぷり・ぶりぶり・ブリブリ」| ① angrily/in a huff/in anger ② plump/tender
「プンプン・ぷんぷん」| ① (smelling) strongly/pungently ② angrily/furiously/indignantly/in a huff/fuming
「ペロペロ・ぺろぺろ」| ① licking/lapping up ② (eating up) quickly/gobbling up
「ぼやぼや・ボヤボヤ」| ① to be careless/to be inattentive/to be absentminded/to be slow ② long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled) ③ flaring up (fire)/rising (e.g. steam) (✋ archaic)
「ポタリ・ぽたり」| ① drip/fall drop-by-drop ② suddenly (of drops of water)
「メロメロ・めろめろ」| ① madly in love/head over heels/fanatically doting/spellbound ② collapsed/out of spirits
「ワンワン・わんわん」| ① bow-wow/woof/arf/barking ② wah-wah/bawling/wailing ③ clamouring/clamoring/echoing/loudly ④ dog/doggy/bow-wow (✋ children's language)
「がりがり・ガリガリ」| ① crunching/chewing or crushing something hard/scraping/scratching ② hard and crunchy ③ very skinny/emaciated/all skin and bones
吃驚・喫驚「びっくり・ビックリ」| ① to be surprised/to be amazed/to be frightened/to be astonished/to get startled/to jump (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「そろそろ・ソロソロ」| ① soon/before long/any time now/momentarily ② slowly/quietly/steadily/gradually/gingerly ③ already/about time
蒸し蒸し「むしむし・ムシムシ」| ① hot and humid/muggy/sultry (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
倩々・熟々・倩・熟「つらつら」| ① carefully/closely/attentively/profoundly/deeply/at length (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
苛々・苛苛・刺々・刺刺「いらいら・イライラ」| ① to get irritated/to get annoyed/to be on the edge/to fret/to lose patience (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
爽々・爽爽「さわさわ・サワサワ」| ① rustling
確り・聢り「しっかり」| ① tightly (holding on)/firmly/securely (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② strongly (built)/solidly/sturdily/steadily (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ properly/well/sufficiently/hard (working, etc.)/fully/completely (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ④ reliably/dependably/levelheadedly/shrewdly/wisely/cleverly (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
粘々・粘粘「ねばねば・ネバネバ」| ① sticky/gluey/gummy/glutinous/viscous/gooey/greasy (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② stickiness/something sticky (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「がらん・ガラン・ガラーン・がらーん」| ① clanging ② empty/deserted
「むしゃむしゃ・ムシャムシャ」| ① munching/devouring/gobbling up/ravenously ② shaggy/disheveled/unkempt (👉 もしゃもしゃ) (✋ archaic)
「もじゃもじゃ・モジャモジャ」| ① tousled/shaggy (hair)/scraggly (beard)/dishevelled/disheveled/unkempt
「ベコベコ・べこべこ」| ① denting/buckling/giving (in) (👉 ペコペコ,3) ② bowing repeatedly/kowtowing/bowing and scraping/being obsequious/being servile (👉 ペコペコ,2) (✋ obsolete term)
「ゲラゲラ・げらげら」| ① guffawing/roaring (with laughter)/(laughing) heartily
「がじゃがじゃ」| ① rummaging (in a drawer)
「グチャ・ぐちゃ」| ① splat!
「あたふた・アタフタ」| ① in a hurry/hurriedly/hastily/helter-skelter/hurry-scurry/in a panic
「うっとり・ウットリ」| ① ecstatically/spellbound/with rapt attention ② abstractedly/absentmindedly/absorbedly/vacantly
「おいおい・オイオイ」| ① hey!/wait a minute!/whoa! (👉 おい,1) ② boohoo/waaaa
「カタカタ・かたかた」| ① clattering/rattling
「がたり」| ① with a bang (clash, bump)
「きしきし」| ① squeak/creak
「キリキリ・きりきり」| ① chafing/grinding (e.g. teeth) ② binding tightly/pulling tight (e.g. a bow) ③ rotating quickly ④ hurting sharply ⑤ briskly/quickly/promptly/at once/right away
転「くるり」| ① turning around (once) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② suddenly/abruptly (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ③ completely (wrapped in something)/quickly (unwrapping something) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ④ beautiful, round (eyes) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ⑤ flail (for threshing grain) (👉 くるり棒) (✋ abbreviation; word usually written using kana alone)
「グラッと・グラっと・ぐらっと」| ① shaking violently
「ぐんと・グンと」| ① remarkably/noticeably
「ぐんにゃり・ぐんなり」| ① limp/listless/enervated/having no energy ② flaccid/wilting/soft/having no shape
「ゴツゴツ・ごつごつ」| ① rugged/scraggy/angular/gnarled
強強・強々「ごわごわ・ゴワゴワ」| ① stiff/starchy (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ざあっ・ザーッ」| ① sound of water (👉 ザーザー,1)
「ザックザク・ザックザック・ざっくざく・ざっくざっく」| ① crunch crunch/thud thud/tramp tramp (👉 ザクザク,1)
「しーん・しいん・シーン」| ① silently (as the grave)/quietly (as in death)
「しゃんと・シャンと」| ① being in shape/holding a dignified appearance
「しんと・シンと」| ① silent (as the grave)/deadly silent/deathly quiet
「すっくと」| ① straight/upright/erect
「とろとろ・トロトロ」| ① sticky/syrupy/pulpy ② weakly (of a flame)/gently (e.g. boil)/simmering ③ dozing off/napping ④ sluggishly/dawdling
「どうどう・ドードー」| ① with a roaring sound (of water or wind)/sound of feet stamping on the ground ② whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) (👉 どう)
「どくどく・ドクドク」| ① gushingly/copiously/profusely/in a steady stream
「ドシン・どしん」| ① plump/with a thud/heavily
「どたり・ドタリ」| ① with a thud/with a flump/with a crash/(falling) heavily
「どっしり・ドッシリ」| ① bulky and heavy/massive/solid/weighty/substantial ② dignified/imposing/composed
「にたにた・ニタニタ」| ① with a broad grin/smirking
「にっこり・ニッコリ・にこり・ニコリ」| ① sweetly (smiling)/broadly (grinning) (👉 ニコニコ)
「にゃー・にゃあ・にゃお・にゃあご」| ① meow/miaow
「はあはあ・ハーハー・ハアハア・ハァハァ」| ① gasp/pant
「ばさり・バサリ」| ① with a thud
「ばったり・バッタリ・ばたり・バタリ・ばったん・バッタン」| ① with a clash/with a thud/with a bang/with a flop ② unexpectedly (meeting someone) ③ suddenly (ending)/abruptly (coming to a halt)
「びちゃびちゃ」| ① splashing/dabbling
「ぴたっと・ピタッと」| ① tightly/closely ② exactly/precisely ③ suddenly (stopping)
「ぴょこん・ピョコン」| ① quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
「ふかふか・フカフカ」| ① soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato) ② absent-mindedly (✋ archaic)
「ふっと・ふうっと・ふーっと・フーッと」| ① with a whiff/with a puff ② suddenly/abruptly/without warning
「へどもど・ヘドモド」| ① to be flustered/to be flurried/to stutter/to be at a loss
「ぺったり・ペッタリ」| ① closely (sticking, clinging, etc.)/tightly
「ぼそぼそ・ボソボソ」| ① in a subdued voice/in undertones/in a whisper/in a mumble/in a murmur ② dry and tasteless/stale
「ポン・ぽん」| ① pat/tap/clap/slap/smack (👉 ポンと,1) ② pop/crack ③ cutesy suffix applied to names (✋ female term or language; slang)
「むしゃくしゃ・ムシャクシャ」| ① vexed/irritated/fretful/in ill humour/in ill humor/in a temper ② shaggy/bushy/ragged/rugged
群々・群群・叢々・叢叢・斑々・斑斑「ムラムラ・むらむら」| ① irresistibly/suddenly ② to be turned on/to be horny (✋ colloquial)
「もしゃもしゃ・モシャモシャ」| ① tousled/shaggy (hair)/scraggly (beard)/dishevelled/disheveled/unkempt (👉 もじゃもじゃ)
「もぞもぞ・もそもそ・モゾモゾ・モソモソ」| ① creeping (of an insect, etc.)/crawling ② restlessly/fidgeting ③ hesitantly/slowly/sluggishly ④ to be crumbly (of food)
「ヨレヨレ・よれよれ」| ① worn-out/shabby/seedy/wrinkled-up/threadbare ② completely exhausted
「くつくつ」| ① stifled (laughter) ② simmering
「チリチリ・ちりちり」| ① frizzy (hair)/wiry/kinky/curled up (leaves, etc.)/shrivelled up ② sizzling/frizzling ③ stingingly (of heat or cold)/painfully/piercingly/bitingly ④ cowering (in fear)/shrinking back/being petrified
「にゃんにゃん・ニャンニャン・にゃにゃ・ニャニャ」| ① meow/miaow ② cat (✋ children's language) ③ sexual intercourse/making out (✋ slang)
「ぺちゃくちゃ・ペチャクチャ」| ① chattering/chit-chat/(ladies) prattle
「りんりん」| ① bell ringing (chiming)
総々・房々・房房・総総「ふさふさ・フサフサ」| ① in tufts/tufty/bushy/thick/luxuriant (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
落ち落ち「おちおち・オチオチ」| ① quietly/calmly/comfortably/peacefully (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
呵呵・呵々「かか」| ① (laughing) loudly
「どさくさ・ドサクサ」| ① confusion/bustle/turmoil/trouble ② to rush around/to act frantically (✋ rare term)
「のんどり」| ① tranquil/leisurely/relaxed
「しょぼしょぼ」| ① drizzling (rain) ② blearily/weakly (blinking) ③ dejectedly/gloomily
「ボコボコ・ぼこぼこ・ポコポコ・ぽこぽこ」| ① with a burble ② hollow (sounding) ③ holey/full of holes or dents/lumpy/bumpy ④ viciously beating/hitting and kicking repeatedly (✋ colloquial) ⑤ here and there ⑥ (sound of) walking slowly
「じゃーん・ジャーン・じゃん・ジャン」| ① ta-dah!/ta-da!/voilà! (👉 じゃじゃーん) ② clash/crash/bang
「ジーンと・じーんと・ジンと・じんと・じいんと」| ① (being moved) deeply/(feeling) profoundly/(going) straight to one's heart/(moved) to tears ② going numb/stinging (pain)
「とことん」| ① the very end/finish ② to the very end/to the last/thoroughly/completely/fully
「ガシャン・ガシャーン・ガッシャーン・がっしゃん・がっしゃーん・がしゃーん・がしゃん・ガッシャン」| ① crash/smash/crunch/bang
「ガツン・がつん」| ① klop/klunk/whonk/crash/thump ② with a heavy impact/forcibly (👉 がつんと言う)
「ドスン・どすん」| ① bam/whomp/thump
「ポツリポツリ・ぽつりぽつり」| ① intermittently/bit by bit/little by little/by ones and twos ② in drops (e.g. of rain)
「うようよ・ウヨウヨ」| ① in swarms/crawling with
「うんと」| ① a great deal/very much/a lot ② with a great amount of effort (✋ archaic)
「ガクンと・がくんと」| ① suddenly/with a jerk
「がぶり」| ① emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
「ガラリ・がらり」| ① (opening a door) with a clatter/noisily/flinging (open)/forcefully ② (falling) with a clatter/with a crash ③ (changing) completely/totally/utterly/dramatically/suddenly ④ louvre window/louvre door
「きょとん・キョトン」| ① (looking) blankly/vacantly/dazedly/(staring) in puzzlement/with a look of amazement
「ぎゃあぎゃあ・ギャーギャー」| ① screaming/squawking/squealing ② loud complaining/noisy conversation
「くすくす・クスクス」| ① chuckle/giggle (👉 くすくす笑う,くすくすわらう)
「ぐいっと・グイッと・ぐいと・グイと」| ① suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove) ② in a single gulp/in one go
「グサリ・ぐさり」| ① deeply (stab, thrust, etc.)/hard
「ぐつぐつ・グツグツ」| ① simmering/(boiling) gently
「ぐるっと・ぐるりと」| ① turning round/going around/turning about/rotating ② surrounding/encircling
「こっくり・コックリ・こくり・コクリ」| ① nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.) ② repeatedly nodding and dozing off ③ suddenly (dying) (👉 ぽっくり,1) ④ deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.)/rich
「こっくりこっくり・コックリコックリ」| ① niddle-noddle/nid-nod/nodding off
「こってり・ごってり」| ① thickly/heavily/richly ② severely/strongly
「こんがり・コンガリ」| ① well-cooked/well-done/browned
「こんもり」| ① thickly/densely/luxuriantly
「ゴシゴシ・ごしごし」| ① scrubbing hard/scrubbing clean
「ごみごみ」| ① squalid/messy
「じろり・ジロリ」| ① glancing (look)
「すくすく」| ① (growing) quickly (esp. children, plants)/(developing) quickly/fast/rapidly
滑々・滑滑「すべすべ・スベスベ」| ① smooth (skin, stone, etc.)/sleek/velvety/silky (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「すらっと・スラッと・スラっと」| ① slender/slim (👉 すらり,1)
「ズバズバ・ずばずば」| ① straightforwardly/in an outspoken manner
「ずらり・ズラリ」| ① in a row/in a line
「せっせと」| ① diligently/assiduously/industriously/beavering away
「ちらほら」| ① here and there/in twos and threes/sporadically/sparsely ② now and then/from time to time/occasionally
「チラリ・ちらり」| ① fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.) (👉 ちらっと)
「てきぱき・テキパキ・てきばき・テキバキ」| ① briskly/quickly/promptly
「とっぷり」| ① completely/fully/entirely
「どかっと・ドカッと・ドカっと・ドカと・どかと」| ① thuddingly/plumping down (like a heavy weight)
「どかどか」| ① noisily/with loud footsteps ② in a crowd/incessantly/all together
「どぎまぎ・ドギマギ」| ① flurried/flustered/upset/nervous/embarrassed
「どっかと」| ① with a thump/floppingly
「どっさり・ドッサリ」| ① heaps/a lot/plenty/oodles ② with a thud (👉 どさり)
「どんより・ドンヨリ」| ① dark/gloomy/overcast/gray ② heavy/leaden/dull/lackluster/glazed
「のほほん」| ① nonchalantly/without a care
「のらくら」| ① idly/lazily/aimlessly (👉 のらりくらり,1) ② evasively/elusively/vaguely/non-committally (👉 のらりくらり,2) ③ laziness/fooling around/lazy person
「のらりくらり・ぬらりくらり・ノラリクラリ」| ① idly/lazily/aimlessly ② evasively/elusively/vaguely/non-committally ③ soft and slippery
「ぶらり」| ① dangling ② aimlessly/casually/idly ③ unexpectedly
「ぶんぶん・ブンブン」| ① buzz/hum ② shake (with vigor)/shaking
「ぷんと・プンと」| ① angrily/sulkily/in a huff ② (smelling) strongly/pungently/reeking
「ぺったんこ・ペッタンコ・ぺたんこ・ペタンコ・ぺちゃんこ・ペチャンコ・ぺしゃんこ・ペシャンコ・ぺっちゃんこ・ペッチャンコ」| ① crushed flat/flattened/squashed/flat-topped ② flat-chested girl (✋ colloquial; manga slang) ③ sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
「ぺろっと・ペロッと・ペロっと」| ① (eating up) quickly/in no time/gobbling up ② quickly (sticking out one's tongue) ③ licking/licking up ④ (peeling off) in one go/completely
「ほっそり」| ① slim/slender/slight/delicate
「ぽっかり・ポッカリ」| ① lightly ② wide (open)/gapingly/agape ③ suddenly/unexpectedly
「ポツリ・ポツン・ぽつり・ぽつん・ぽっつり・ポッツリ」| ① isolated/standing alone ② falling in drops (e.g. rain) ③ saying a single word/muttering just a few words
「メラメラ・めらめら」| ① flaring up/bursting into flames
「もくもく・モクモク」| ① rising (smoke, clouds, etc.)/rolling up/billowing up
「もぐもぐ・もごもご」| ① mumbling/chewing one's words ② chewing (food) ③ squirming/wriggling
「ゆったり」| ① comfortable/easy/calm/relaxed ② loose/spacious
「ぷにぷに・プニプニ」| ① squishy/springy/bouncy
「ぺこん・ぺこり・ぺこりん」| ① sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back ② action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head/(with a) bob of the head
「みっちり」| ① intensely/severely/strictly/hard/fully/earnestly/diligently ② tightly/compactly/closely
「ぬめっと」| ① glistening/shiny/sleek/slippery
「じろじろ・ジロジロ」| ① staringly/scrutinizing/scrutinising
「どたどた・ドタドタ」| ① noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
「カンカン・かんかん」| ① extremely angry/furious/enraged ② fiercely (shine)/blazingly/intensely ③ merrily (burn away)/red-hot ④ with a clang
「わっと・ワッと・ワっと」| ① suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
「おっとり」| ① gently/quietly/calmly
「ずぶり・ズブリ」| ① stabbing through/plunging into/sticking right into ② sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
「しょぼん」| ① downheartedly/dejectedly/dispiritedly/despondently (👉 しょんぼり)
「ひたひた」| ① lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) ② steadily (advancing)/gradually (approaching) ③ sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object)/just enough ④ speedily/promptly/quickly/smoothly (✋ archaic) ⑤ closely/exactly (✋ archaic)
「ごろっと・ごろりと」| ① slumping/flopping down ② heavily rotating
「むっちり・ムッチリ」| ① plump/chubby/voluptuous (👉 ムチムチ)
「うふふ・ウフフ」| ① tee-hee (✋ female term or language)
「うろちょろ・ウロチョロ」| ① hanging around/wandering around (aimlessly)/moving around (restlessly)/running around
「えへへ」| ① heh heh heh/tee-hee/giggle
「ギンッ」| ① sharply (glare, stare, etc.)/piercingly/stinging ② clashing (of swords, etc.)
「まったり・マッタリ・マターリ・またーり」| ① rich (taste)/full-bodied (flavour, flavor)/mellow ② laid-back (lifestyle)/relaxed/comfortable
「うつらうつら・ウツラウツラ」| ① drowsily/nodding off
「ガーガー・がーがー・ガアガア・があがあ」| ① quacking/cackling/gaggling/croaking/squawking ② loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.)/noisily ③ with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker)/with a crackling sound
「カーカー・かあかあ・かーかー」| ① caw caw (cry of a crow) ② crow (✋ slang; children's language)
「メーメー・メエメエ」| ① baa (sound made by sheep)/meh (👉 メー)
「こけこっこう・こけこっこー・コケコッコー・こけっこう・こけこっこ」| ① cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters) ② cockerel/rooster (✋ children's language)
「チューチュー・ちゅうちゅう」| ① squeak/cheep/peep ② slurp/sucking noisily ③ mouse (✋ children's language)
「どっぷり」| ① totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work)/addicted
「ポキッと・ぽきっと・ぼきっと」| ① snappingly/with a snap
「ぽっくり・ポックリ」| ① (dying) suddenly ② (breaking) brittly/with a snap ③ softly and swellingly
「そそくさ・ソソクサ」| ① hurriedly/in a hurry/hastily/in haste
「ごっそり」| ① completely/entirely/all ② in large amounts/a lot
「とろん」| ① appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
「だらり・だらん」| ① languidly/loosely
「ビュービュー・びゅうびゅう・ヒューヒュー・ひゅうひゅう・ビュウビュウ・ピュウピュウ・ぴゅうぴゅう」| ① whistling sound/wheezing sound/sound of the wind/wuthering/howling/soughing/moaning
「スコスコ」| ① repeatedly/leaving no stone unturned/walking rapidly ② masturbation (✋ colloquial)
「ゼーゼー・ゼイゼイ・ゼエゼエ・ぜーぜー・ぜいぜい・ぜえぜえ」| ① gasping for breath/puffing and panting/wheezing
「ちまちま・チマチマ」| ① small/compact
戛戛・戛々・戞戞・戞々「かつかつ・カツカツ」| ① clicking/clopping/clacking (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「おめおめ・オメオメ」| ① shamelessly/acting brazenly unaffected ② being resigned to (disgrace)
「ちんたら・チンタラ」| ① dilatorily/sluggishly ② to take a lot of time/to become late/to take it easy
「ガシガシ・がしがし」| ① boisterously/roughly/briskly
「げんなり・ゲンナリ」| ① to be weary/to be worn out/to be tired ② to be fed up (with)/to be sick of ③ to be dejected/to be dispirited/to be disheartened
「ふんわり・フンワリ」| ① gently/airily/fluffily
「えへらえへら」| ① with a meaningless laugh/with a hollow laugh
「ごにょごにょ」| ① mumblingly/mutteringly/unintelligibly
「くだくだ」| ① tediously/lengthily/wordily
「キンキラキン・きんきらきん」| ① gaudy/flashy/showy/glittery/sparkly/shiny
「ぼけっと・ボケッと・ボケっと」| ① absent-mindedly/idly/vacantly/doing nothing
「かしゃっ」| ① with a click
「かたり・かたん・カタン」| ① with a clatter/clatteringly (👉 かたっと)
「カチャカチャ・かちゃかちゃ」| ① clink/clatter/clang
「かちり・カチリ」| ① with a clink (click, clack)
「かっきり・カッキリ」| ① exactly/just/precisely ② punctually/exactly on time ③ clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.)
「メー・メエ」| ① baa (sound of a sheep)/meh
「どさどさ」| ① throwing down multiple objects in succession (👉 ドサ) ② at once in great numbers
「どっかり・ドッカリ」| ① plunking (down something heavy)/flumping (into a chair)
「のうのう・ノウノウ」| ① carefree/relaxed/comfortable/at one's ease
「ギラッと・ギラっと・ぎらっと」| ① dazzlingly (👉 ぎらぎら)
「クラッと・くらっと・クラっと」| ① dizzyingly/with one's head swimming
「ゴーっ」| ① roaringly/rumblingly
「チカチカ・ちかちか」| ① flickering/flashing on and off/twinkling/glittering ② glaringly (bright)/painfully (bright) ③ prickling (pain)
「ピシャッと・ぴしゃっと・ピシャっと・ビシャッと」| ① slapping/splatting
「ピリッと・ピリっと・ぴりっと」| ① tingling/stinging/pungently (👉 ぴりぴり,1;ぴりり)
「ベロベロ・べろべろ」| ① licking ② dead drunk/blind drunk
「カリカリ・かりかり」| ① crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.)/crunchy (👉 こりこり,1) ② grumpily/touchily/edgily/irritably ③ scratching
「カランコロン・からんころん・カラコロ・からころ」| ① clip-clop (esp. of geta) ② jingle-jangle (esp. of an old-fashioned shop doorbell) ③ clink-clink (e.g. of metal on glass)/clink-clank
「ぬっと・ぬうっと・ヌッと・ヌウッと」| ① suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.)/abruptly (happen)/unexpectedly/looming (e.g. out of the dark) ② (stand) still and expressionless/imposingly/menacingly ③ suddenly (stand up)/abruptly (rise)
「かちゃり」| ① with a clang or a clink/tinkle
「ひらり」| ① nimbly/lightly
「ふっくら」| ① fully/luxuriantly/fluffy/plump/soft and full (👉 ふっくり)
「わなわな」| ① trembling from fear/trembling all over
「ぱちり・パチリ」| ① (with a) click (e.g. camera shutter)/(with a) snap
「どさっと・ドサっと」| ① with a thud (👉 ドサ)
「がさっ・ガサッ」| ① with a swoosh/at one fell swoop
「ビンビン・びんびん」| ① hard (e.g. penis)/strong (e.g. beat of music)/throbbing (e.g. headache)/blaring (e.g. rock music)
「ほっこり」| ① warm and fluffy/soft ② steamy hot (food)/hot and flaky ③ feeling mentally tired/feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance (🗣 Kansai-ben)
「パタリ・ぱたり」| ① with a clink/with a soft thud/with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing) ② suddenly/all of a sudden (👉 ぱったり,1)
「ぷいと・ぷいっと」| ① suddenly in a bad mood/in a huff ② abruptly/suddenly/unexpectedly (👉 ふいと)
「すうすう」| ① sound of wind rustling through a crack/wheezing
「ピーピー・ぴーぴー・ぴいぴい・ピイピイ」| ① peep/chirp/beep/whistling, chirping, piping, etc. sound made by birds, insects, pipes, children, etc. ② poor/hard up/pinched ③ the runs/diarrhea/diarrhoea ④ flute/pipe ⑤ beginner/novice
「ざぶざぶ・ザブザブ」| ① splashing/sloshing
頓と「とんと」| ① completely (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② not at all (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ぶくり」| ① sound of something floating or sinking in water
「ヒーヒー・ひいひい」| ① whaa whaa/sound of a baby crying
「ぐしゃぐしゃ・グシャグシャ」| ① soggy/soaked/drenched/sopping (wet)/sloppy/sodden/muddy ② crushed (out of shape)/crumpled ③ messy/untidy/disorganized
「けろり」| ① completely/entirely (👉 けろっと,1;すっかり) ② nonchalantly/as if nothing happened (👉 けろっと,2)
「すっぽり・ずっぽり・ずっぽし」| ① entirely/completely ② cleanly/snugly
「ギーギー・ギィギィ・ギイギイ・ぎーぎー・ぎいぎい」| ① with a (heavy) creak/with a (dull) squeak/with a grating sound/with a rasping sound (👉 キーキー)
「ついつい」| ① unintentionally/unconsciously/by mistake/heedlessly/against one's better judgement (judgment) (👉 つい,3)
「がさごそ」| ① rustling (sound)
「ガシャッ・がしゃっ」| ① (with a) crack
「ガタゴト・がたごと」| ① rattling/clattering
「がたん・ガタン」| ① with a bang/with a crash/with a bump/with a jolt ② suddenly (fall)/sharply
「がっぽがっぽ」| ① in large quantities
「ガッポリ・がっぽり」| ① in large quantities
「ガバガバ・がばがば」| ① oversized (clothing)/baggy ② rolling in (of money)/(profiting) greatly ③ sloshing (e.g. of water)/gushing
「がばっと・がばと・がはと・かばと・がばりと」| ① suddenly/all of a sudden/quickly/emphatically/energetically
「がらんがらん」| ① clanging
「ウラウラ・うらうら」| ① gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
「モコモコ・もこもこ」| ① fluffy ② lumpy (e.g. clothing)/uneven/bulging (e.g. muscles)
「チャラチャラ・ちゃらちゃら」| ① jingle/jangle/clinking/jingling/jangling ② chatty/nattering/chattering away/yatter/joking around/messing around (👉 ちゃらける) ③ coquettish/tawdry/flirty/flashy/flighty/jittery/superficial (👉 ちゃらい)
「ビシッと・びしっと・ビシっと」| ① with a snap/(break) cleanly ② (reject) sternly/flatly ③ smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
「もさもさ・モサモサ・もっさもさ・もっさもっさ・モッサモサ・モッサモッサ」| ① to be hairy (of a person)/to be thickly bearded ② to be dense (of vegetation)/to be thick ③ to be slow (of a person)/to be dull
「がん・ガン」| ① with a thump/with a thud/with a bang ② hard (hit, scold, etc.)/severely ③ marking (on a card or tile for the purpose of cheating)/card marking/tile marking/alteration (🀄️ hanafuda; mahjong)
「キャンキャン・ギャンギャン・きゃんきゃん・ぎゃんぎゃん・キャインキャイン・きゃいんきゃいん」| ① yelping/yapping
「わあわあ」| ① loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
「すとん・ストン」| ① (with a) thump ② (hanging) straight down
「コテンパン・こてんぱん・コテンパ・こてんぱ」| ① completely (beaten, defeated, etc.)/thoroughly/utterly/black and blue/to a pulp
「シャカシャカ・しゃかしゃか」| ① nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion) (👉 シャカパン) (✋ slang) ② rattle-rattle/rustle-rustle/whisper-whisper/squiff-squiff
「ポロリ・ぽろり」| ① dropping (of tears, dew, etc.) ② falling off/dropping off/slipping (e.g. from one's hands) ③ inadvertently (coming to the surface)/letting out (e.g. a secret)
「ギクリ・ぎくり」| ① (with a) start/fright/alarm
「ギシギシ・ぎしぎし」| ① with a creak/with a squeak ② (packing) tightly/with a squeeze ③ relentlessly (criticize, complain, etc.)/severely
「やっさもっさ」| ① hurly-burly/helter-skelter/hustle and bustle/turmoil
「がっつり・ガッツリ」| ① a lot/a great deal/plentifully (✋ colloquial) ② properly/sufficiently/fully (✋ colloquial)
「さくっ・サクッ」| ① with a crunching or grinding sound ② quickly/promptly/abruptly/simply/efficiently ③ crispily/crunchily (👉 さくさく,1)
「ぼやっと・ボヤっと」| ① absentmindedly/dazedly/vaguely
「きゃぴきゃぴ・キャピキャピ」| ① brimming with youthful enthusiasm/in high spirits/raring to go/overflowing with youthful energy/acting all cute and charged up (👉 浮き浮き) (✋ colloquial)
「うかうか・ウカウカ」| ① carelessly/inattentively
「かん・くわん」| ① ding/chime (sound of a bell or a small gong)
「ケラケラ・けらけら」| ① cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
「ころっと・コロっと」| ① sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole) ② easily ③ suddenly ④ completely (e.g. forgetting)/utterly ⑤ disappointing ⑥ curling up into the fetal position/going to sleep suddenly
「しくしく」| ① weeping/sobbing/softly (crying) (👉 しくしく泣く) ② with a prolonged dull pain/having a griping pain
「しっとり」| ① damp/moist/(slightly) wet ② quiet/calm/peaceful/soft/gentle/mellow/graceful
「じいじい・ジイジイ」| ① sizzling (of cooking meat, fat, etc.) ② chirring (of cicadas, etc.)/shrilling ③ buzzing (of a machine, appliance, etc.)/humming
「じろっと」| ① glancing (look) (👉 じろり)
「ずしずし」| ① thump/thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)
「ずんぐり」| ① short and stout/small but wide around
「ずんぐりむっくり」| ① very short and stout/small but quite wide around (👉 ずんぐり)
「そよそよ・ソヨソヨ」| ① gently (of the wind)/softly
「ちりんちりん」| ① jingle/ding/ringing of small bells
「しゃりしゃり・シャリシャリ」| ① sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together/crunch crunch
「ちょこん・ちょこなん」| ① slightly (of an action)/(looking) small and quiet
「ちょんちょん・チョンチョン」| ① with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers) ② (touching) lightly and repeatedly/(something small hopping) repeatedly ③ punctuation marks such as the dakuten
「はたはた・ハタハタ」| ① flutter/flap/sound of something light moving in the wind
「ばっと」| ① suddenly/in a flash/rapidly/nimbly/alertly
「パタパタ・ぱたぱた」| ① flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.)/fluttering/whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug)/whap-whap ② pitter-patter (of footsteps) ③ quickly (making progress)/in quick succession
「パタン・ぱたん」| ① with a snap/with a bang/with a plonk/with a click (👉 ぱたり,1) ② suddenly/all of a sudden (👉 ぱたり,2)
「ぶすっと・ブスッと・ブスっと」| ① with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft)/with a thrust/with a stab ② sullenly/sulkily/glumly/sourly
「ぺたぺた」| ① sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something ② applying a seal or stamp again and again/pasting (paper) all over ③ daubing/smearing
「ぺちゃぺちゃ」| ① chatter/prattle ② lapping (up)/slurping ③ sound of juicy food being bitten into
「ぽうっと」| ① shrill whistling sound ② reddening or brightening slightly ③ rush of blood to the head
「こくんこくん・コクンコクン」| ① glugging/drinking deeply ② nodding deeply
「こくん・コクン」| ① nod deeply ② glugging/drinking deeply
「ぐじぐじ」| ① mumblingly/grumblingly ② tardily/slowly
「モーモー・もーもー・もうもう・モウモウ」| ① moo (sound of a cow) ② moo-cow/moo-moo (✋ children's language)
「ドボドボ」| ① with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)
「ずきんずきん」| ① throbbing (pain)/pounding/stinging
「ずきん・ズキン」| ① throbbing (pain)/pounding
「ニヤリ・にやり」| ① meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.)/suggestively/broadly/sneeringly
「くすん・ぐすん・グスン・クスン」| ① sniffling/sniffing
「クニャクニャ・くにゃくにゃ」| ① (the impression of being) soft and flexible
「くりくり」| ① big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
「のっぺり」| ① featureless (face)/expressionless/flat/blank/smooth ② flat (terrain)/smooth
「グー・ぐー・ぐう」| ① rock (in rock-paper-scissors)/stone/fist (👉 じゃんけん) ② ungh/gulp (👉 ぐうの音も出ない) ③ rumbling (of an empty stomach)/growling/gurgling
「コテコテ・こてこて」| ① thickly/heavily/profusely/lavishly/gaudily ② through and through/to the core/proper
「どろり」| ① thick (of a liquid)/muddy/gooey
「さらり」| ① sleek/smooth ② thin (of a liquid) ③ without hesitation or delay
「くちゃくちゃ・クチャクチャ」| ① (eating) noisily/(chewing) with an open mouth/while smacking ② crumpled/creased ③ messy/disorderly/untidy
「しっぽり」| ① in a drenched manner/moistly ② affectionately/fondly/tenderly ③ slowly/at ease/restful
「どん・ドン」| ① bang/bam/boom/thud/thump/crash ② noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō)/noon gun/noonday gun (👉 午砲) ③ last round in a game of 12 rounds (🀄️ hanafuda) (✋ slang) ④ precisely/exactly/plumb/totally/very (👉 ど,1) ⑤ Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms./-san (👉 殿,どの) (✋ honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; familiar language)
「ガラッと・がらっと・ガラっと」| ① (opening) with a clatter/loudly/flinging (open) ② (changing) completely/dramatically/suddenly
「モワァ〜ン・モワァーン」| ① whoosh/swish
「きらっと・キラッと・キラっと」| ① with a single flash of light/glitteringly/sparklingly/twinklingly
「のそり」| ① moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
「きらり」| ① with a momentary flash of light
「ざっくり・ざくり」| ① roughly/approximately/coarsely/loosely ② (cutting) in one stroke/(breaking apart) with vigour ③ (cutting) deeply/(splitting) wide open/gapingly ④ rough (material)/coarse ⑤ casually (wear)/easily
「ドカン・ドカーン・どかん・どっかん・ドッカーン・どかーん・どっかーん・ドッカン」| ① (with a) bang
「ペンペン・ぺんぺん」| ① with a smack/with a spank (✋ children's language) ② with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen) ③ shamisen (✋ children's language)
「ガチッと・がちっと」| ① with a clashing or clanging sound
「ちんまり」| ① snugly/cosily/compactly
「ぐうっと」| ① (drink) at a gulp/with a gulp/in gulps
「ぐしゃっと・グシャっと・グシャッと・くしゃっと・クシャっと・クシャッと」| ① crushing/squashing/crumpling/squishing/with a smash/with a crunch/with a squelch ② crinkling (into a broad smile)/forming creases/forming wrinkles
「ぐっしょり」| ① soaking (wet)/wringing/dripping/drenched (👉 びっしょり)
「ごっくん・ゴックン」| ① with a gulp (👉 ゴクン) ② gulping down (e.g. by a baby)/swallowing
「ゾロリ・ぞろり」| ① all together in a line/all together in a lump ② dressed sloppily/inappropriately dressed for the occasion
「きりっと」| ① having a crisp appearance/stiffly/tensely/smartly (e.g. dressed)/neatly (👉 きりり,1)
「きりり」| ① stiff and slackless/tense without any looseness (👉 きりっと) ② cling tightly/pulled or stretched as far as possible ③ creaking of a door or oar
「ぎゅう」| ① squeezing something tightly/sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed ② criticizing someone severely/sound made by someone being criticized ③ hug (✋ colloquial)
「きゅん・キュン」| ① with a pitter-patter/choked up (with emotion)/heart-wringing/momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
「ゴクリ・ごくり・ごっくり・ゴックリ」| ① gulpingly/in one gulp
「ごくごく・ゴクゴク」| ① (drinking) in big gulps
「しばしば・シバシバ・しぱしぱ・シパシパ」| ① (blinking) repeatedly
「ともすると」| ① apt to (do)/liable to/prone to
「がたっと」| ① with a clunk/with a clank ② the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
「ポーン・ぽーん・ぽおん」| ① with a boing/with a sproing/with a plonk ② with a crack/with a pop ③ (hitting) with vigour/with a kick/tossing/(flying) through the air
「ポチッ・ポチっ・ぽちっ」| ① with a click (of a button or switch) ② one (small protrusion, hole, etc.)/single
「ねっとり・ネットリ」| ① viscously/stickily
「グーグー・ぐーぐー」| ① snoring ② growling (low rumbling sound)
「ミシミシ・みしみし」| ① with a creak/creakily
「グースカ・ぐーすか・ぐうすか」| ① soundly (of sleeping)/(sleeping) like a log
「カスカス・かすかす」| ① dry/dried out/juiceless ② barely/just/narrowly/with difficulty (👉 カツカツ)
「いけしゃあしゃあ・イケシャアシャア・いけしゃあしゃ・イケしゃあしゃあ」| ① shamelessly/brazenly
「プチッ・ぷちっ・プチっ」| ① with a click (of a button or switch) (👉 ポチッ,1) ② with a snap/crisply ③ one (small protrusion, hole, etc.)/single (👉 ポチッ,2) ④ shortly/briefly/small (👉 プチ)
「ガビーン・がびーん」| ① oh no! (✋ manga slang)
「ピカッと・ぴかっと」| ① with a flash/brightly/dazzlingly/sparklingly/brilliantly (shining) (👉 ぴかり;ぴかぴか,1)
「ブッブー」| ① bzzz (👉 ピンポン,3)
「ぼんぼん・ボンボン」| ① fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) ② bong-bong (of clock ringing) ③ with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) ④ striking clock (👉 ぼんぼん時計) (✋ abbreviation) ⑤ green young man from a well-to-do family (🗣 Kansai-ben)
「ガーン・があん・がーん」| ① boom/bang/wham ② Oh my God!/What a shock! (✋ manga slang)
「ビクッと・びくっと・びくりと・ビクリと」| ① with a start/with a jump
「ぼくぼく」| ① (of soil, etc.) soft, dry and crumbly (✋ archaic) ② sound of quiet walking
「とろっと・トロッと・トロっと」| ① thickly/viscously/stickily/creamily/(melting and) becoming soft (👉 とろり,1) ② sleepily/drowsily/dozing off (👉 とろり,2)
「にゃーにゃー・ニャーニャー・にゃあにゃあ・ニャアニャア」| ① meow/miaow (👉 にゃあ) ② cat/kitty/pussy cat (✋ children's language)
「やいやい・ヤイヤイ」| ① pressingly/demandingly ② hey! hey!/oi!
「ガクッ・カクン」| ① (sound effect for) collapsing/losing strength/slumping/losing balance
「しれっと・シレッと」| ① nonchalantly/calmly/as if nothing happened (👉 けろっと,1)
「ビビビッ」| ① clicking (with someone)/feeling an immediate connection ② beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm)
「ヘロヘロ・へろへろ」| ① completely exhausted/dog-tired/dreadfully weary/terribly frustrated/limp/weak/flimsy
「ガシッと・がしっと・がっしと・ガッシと」| ① firmly/solidly/heartily (👉 がっしり)
「ガクンガクン」| ① jerkingly
「けろっと・ケロっと」| ① completely/entirely (👉 けろり,1) ② nonchalantly/as if nothing happened (👉 けろり,2)
「ギクッと・ぎくっと・ギクっと」| ① (with a) start/fright/alarm (👉 ぎくり) ② creaking/cracking/snapping/popping
「じっとり・ジットリ・じとり・ジトリ」| ① damply/moistly/clammily/stickily
「ククク・クックックッ・くっくっくっ・くくっ」| ① mwahahaha (evil laughter) ② coo coo/cooing/sound of pigeons/sound of doves ③ stifled laughter/suppressed laughter ④ sound of snagging
「ぼそり・ボソリ・ぽそり・ポソリ」| ① in a subdued voice/in undertones/in a whisper/in a mumble/in a murmur (👉 ぼそっと,2)
「ひょいひょい・ヒョイヒョイ」| ① lightly/nimbly/with agility (👉 ひょいと,3) ② casually/readily/regularly/in succession
「しゅんしゅん・シュンシュン」| ① with a whistle (e.g. of a kettle)
「じゃんじゃん・ジャンジャン」| ① clanging (of a bell)/jangling/ding-dong ② continuously/incessantly/one after another/rapidly/plentifully/freely
唖々・唖唖・啞々・啞啞「ああ」| ① caw (of a crow, etc.) (✋ archaic)
「プッツン・ぷっつん」| ① going crazy/losing one's temper/snapping (✋ colloquial) ② (breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.) (👉 プツン,1)
「カーンカーン」| ① clanging/dong dong
「おんおん」| ① bawling/crying (✋ rare term)
「ちらりほらり」| ① here and there/in twos and threes/sporadically/sparsely (👉 ちらほら,1) ② now and then/from time to time/occasionally ③ lightly fluttering (of falling petals, leaves, etc.)/swirling (in the wind)
「スカスカ・すかすか」| ① full of openings/half empty/spongy/pithy/patchy/thin/insubstantial/threadbare ② (cutting) sharply/cleanly ③ (progressing) smoothly (✋ archaic)
「ぞくっと」| ① tremblingly/having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
「グキグキ・ぐきぐき」| ① throbbing pain ② jerkily/awkwardly
「グチョグチョ・ぐしょぐしょ・グショグショ・ぐちょぐちょ」| ① sopping/soaking (👉 ぐしょ濡れ)
「ツンと・つんと・ツーンと・つーんと・ツンッと・つんっと・つうんと」| ① standoffishly/primly/prickly/irritably/aloofly ② pungently (of a smell)/acridly/sharply ③ long and pointed (e.g. of a nose) ④ popping (of ears)/clearing (of sinuses)
「ぽてぽて・ポテポテ」| ① plump/fleshy/chubby ② (walking) slowly/with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)
「チュッ・ちゅっ」| ① (with a) smooch (kissing)/(with a) light smacking sound (👉 ちゅう,1) (✋ colloquial)
「むっくり・むくり」| ① abruptly (rising) ② slowly (rising) ③ plump/rotund
「なんたらかんたら」| ① something or other/what-do-you-call-it/what-do-you-call-them ② blah blah blah/yada yada yada
「パリッと・パリっと・ぱりっと」| ① stylish/smart/dapper/dashing/spruce ② with a crack/crisply (e.g. fried, starched) ③ tearing off/ripping off
「まじまじ」| ① staringly/fixedly/unblinkingly (👉 まじまじと見る)
「ギラリ・ぎらり・ギョロリ・ぎょろり・ギロリ・ぎろり・ギロッ・ぎろっ」| ① staring (e.g. eyes)/goggling/glaring
「ぐにゃっと・くにゃっと」| ① flabbily/softly/limply/easily (bend)/effortlessly/flexibly/mushily (👉 ぐにゃり)
「シュンと・しゅんと」| ① dejectedly/dispiritedly/despondently/gloomily
「ぽっちゃり・ポッチャリ」| ① to be plump/to be chubby
「じゅるり」| ① sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
「ぺったん」| ① flattening
「イガイガ・いがいが・イカイカ・いかいか」| ① bur (of a chestnut, etc.)/burr (👉 毬,いが) ② irritating (e.g. one's throat)/thorny/bristling ③ crying of a baby (✋ archaic)
「ゴトゴト・ごとごと」| ① clop clop/rumble rumble ② sound of something being boiled
「うっぷ」| ① burp/belch (👉 げっぷ)
「ギトギト・ぎとぎと・ギタギタ・ぎたぎた」| ① oily/greasy/sticky
「あーん・ああん・アーン」| ① opening (one's mouth) wide/saying "aah" ② crying loudly/wailing/bawling
「ドブン・ドボン・どぶん・どぼん・どんぶり」| ① plop/splash
「ちょこまか」| ① restlessly/in continuous motion (👉 ちょこちょこ,2)
「ばっさり・バッサリ」| ① (cutting) with a single stroke/lopping off (branches, etc.)/(cutting hair) short ② drastically (slash a budget, etc.)/resolutely/ruthlessly (discard, etc.)/completely
「にょっきり・にょきり」| ① sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin)/rising up
「なみなみ・ナミナミ」| ① (filled) to the brim
「ニタリ・にたり」| ① smirkingly/smugly/broadly
「もちもち」| ① springy (texture)/doughy/elastic
「ビシャビシャ・びしゃびしゃ」| ① soaked/drenched/sopping/slushy ② splashing/sloshing
「プチプチ・ぷちぷち」| ① with a pop/with a squish ② grainy/crunchy/lumpy ③ bubble wrap (👉 気泡緩衝材) (🀄️ trademark) ④ small grains/small bumps
「ぼたり・ぼったり」| ① falling with a splat/oozing/dripping
「しゃっきり・シャッキリ」| ① crisply/with a crunch ② refreshingly/sharply/briskly ③ (sitting) straight
「シャキッと・しゃきっと」| ① crisply/with a crunch ② refreshingly/sharply/alertly/(sitting) straight ③ candidly/frankly ④ stylishly/smartly/sharply
「よたよた」| ① unsteadily (walking)/waddling/staggeringly/totteringly
「バクバク・ばくばく」| ① pounding (of one's heart)/throbbing/thumping/racing ② heartily (eating)/devouring/munching/gobbling (👉 パクパク,3)
愚痴愚痴「ぐちぐち・グチグチ」| ① mumbling/muttering (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② complaining (continuously) about something (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ムスっと」| ① sullenly/discontentedly/with hurt feelings
「カリッと・かりっと・カリっと」| ① with a crunch/crisply
「かさこそ・カサコソ」| ① rustlingly
「のたりのたり」| ① slowly (of undulating waves)/gently (swelling, rolling, etc.)
「コリコリ・こりこり」| ① crisp (like a pickle)/crunchy ② firm (musculature) ③ stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
「ぺたん」| ① sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface (👉 ぺたぺた,1)
「ズドン・ずどん」| ① with a bang (of a gun)/with a boom (of artillery) ② with a thud/with a thump
「でっぷり」| ① with a lot of fat/with a heavy build/with a portly build/with a stout build
「さやさや」| ① soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
「ごぼっ」| ① gurgling down/being sucked into/caving in suddenly
「さっくり・サックリ」| ① lightly/gently ② (breaking apart) easily
「ちゃぷちゃぷ・チャプチャプ」| ① splish-splash/glug-glug
「ピクッと・ぴくっと・ピクっと」| ① with a twitch/with a jerk/with a flutter/with a dip/with a bob
「ほいほい・ホイホイ」| ① recklessly/thoughtlessly/carelessly/readily/blithely/willingly/easily ② pamperingly/indulgently/carefully (not angering) ③ shoo! ④ heave-ho ⑤ hallo/hello ⑥ Hui (people) (👉 回族) ⑦ novice/beginner (✋ archaic)
「バリン」| ① valine ② (with a) whoomp/smash/crunch
「ゲソゲソ・げそげそ」| ① looking very thin (👉 げっそり,2) (✋ rare term)
「すかり・すがり」| ① net for caught fish ② net-like tassel of Buddhist prayer beads ③ Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket) (👉 黒雀蜂) (🗣 Touhoku-ben) ④ ant (👉 蟻) (🗣 Kyuushuu-ben) ⑤ easily
「きしり」| ① creak/squeak
「きちんきちん」| ① correctly/properly/accurately
「ぎくぎく」| ① jerkily
「ギチギチ・ぎちぎち」| ① creakily ② close (i.e. with no room to spare)
「ぎろぎろ・ギロギロ」| ① glaringly (staring)
「ぐじゃぐじゃ」| ① soggy/soaking/drenched ② incessantly (complaining)
「ごしゃごしゃ」| ① jumbled/disarrayed/messy
「ゴリゴリ・ごりごり」| ① with a scraping sound/with a grating sound/with a scratching sound ② with force/hard/vigorously ③ forcibly (carry out)/forcefully/in a pushy manner ④ hard (e.g. food)/stiff (e.g. clothing) ⑤ inflexible/uncompromising/dyed-in-the-wool ⑥ hardcore/serious/genuine/bona fide/true/real (✋ colloquial)
「ジャカスカ・じゃかすか」| ① with gusto/freely/without any restraint/without giving a second thought
「ジャラジャラ・じゃらじゃら」| ① jingling/jangling/clinking/chinking ② lasciviously/coquettishly
「じゃんじゃか」| ① noisily (playing a musical instrument) ② doing something on and on
「すっすっ・スッスッ」| ① smoothly/frictionlessly/easily
「そろり・ソロリ」| ① slowly and quietly ② smoothly
「ちょっきり」| ① exactly/just ② snip
「つっと・つうと・つうっと・ツーッと」| ① quickly/smoothly
「てらてら」| ① gleamingly/shinily
「のっそり」| ① sluggishly/slowly/ploddingly/lumbering ② stolidly (standing)/impassively
「のめのめ」| ① shamelessly
「はらり」| ① gently (falling)
「ぴよぴよ・ピヨピヨ・ひよひよ」| ① cheep cheep/tweet tweet ② gently (moving)
「びたびた」| ① drenched/soaked ② romantically
「ぴちっと」| ① tightly/snugly
「ぴっちり」| ① tightly/snugly
「ヘコヘコ・へこへこ」| ① pliantly/pliably ② subserviently/ingratiatingly/servilely
「ぼそっと・ボソッと・ボソっと」| ① absent-mindedly/absently/idly/blankly/vacantly ② in a subdued voice/in undertones/in a whisper/in a mumble/in a murmur
「ポチポチ・ぽちぽち」| ① spattering/splotching ② step-by-step/little-by-little ③ soon ④ clicking/clacking ⑤ dots ⑥ ditto mark
「ぽっちり」| ① very slightly/a little
「ムカッと・ムカっと・むかっと」| ① feeling sick (suddenly)/feeling queasy/feeling nauseated (👉 ムカムカ,1) ② being angry (suddenly)/being offended/being disgusted (👉 ムカムカ,2)
「めためた」| ① beyond repair
「もさっと・モサッと」| ① absentmindedly/vacantly/dully ② to be unattractive/to be unsophisticated/to be unrefined/to be uncouth
「もっそり」| ① slowly ② unrefined
「もっさり」| ① slow/sluggish/dim-witted ② bushy (hair)/thick ③ unfashionable/lacking style
「ムギュウ」| ① squeezing/hug/hugging
「ブーン・ぶーん・ぶうん」| ① whirr/hum/buzz ② whoosh/woosh/whiz
「ボカッ・ボカン」| ① bop/pow/bonk/thump
「グビグビ・ぐびぐび・グビリグビリ・ぐびりぐびり」| ① in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
「カランカラン・からんからん」| ① clank-clank/clang-clang/clattering
「こん」| ① with a bump/with a clunk ② yelp (e.g. of a fox)/bark/howl
「ケタケタ・けたけた」| ① with a loud, shrill laugh/with a cackle/(laughing) wildly
「ごんごん」| ① bang/clang
「びしり・ビシリ」| ① with a snap/(breaking) cleanly (👉 びしっと,1) ② (rejecting) sternly/flatly ③ smartly/(dressing up) well
「にょきにょき・ニョキニョキ」| ① (shooting up) one after another/(sprouting up) all over the place ② (growing) rapidly
「ピクピク・ぴくぴく」| ① twitching
「ぴくんぴくん・ピクンピクン」| ① with a twitch/twitchingly (👉 ぴくぴく)
「どさり」| ① with a thud
「ポトリ・ぽとり」| ① with a plop/with a plonk/with a plunk/with a flop
「ドシンドシン・どしんどしん」| ① walking (with heavy steps)/tramping/lumbering/clumping
「シューシュー」| ① hiss/fizz/woosh/swish/whiz
「バンバン・ばんばん」| ① with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire) ② at a mad pace/with great vigor
「ブスブス・プスプス・ぷすぷす・ぶすぶす」| ① sputtering/smoldering ② repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.)/pricking repeatedly ③ mutterings of discontent/faint sounds of complaint
「ぐにゃり・くにゃり」| ① flabbily/softly/limply/easily (bend)/effortlessly/flexibly/mushily
「ちょん・チョン」| ① clap (sound of wooden clappers) (👉 ちょんちょん,1) ② chop vigorously (👉 ちょん切る,1) ③ slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting) (👉 ちょんちょん,2) ④ the end/originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers (👉 ちょんになる) ⑤ dot (esp. typographical) (👉 ちょんちょん,3)
「ばきっと」| ① snapping (e.g. branch)
「ねとねと」| ① stickily/gooily/syrupily
「ぴしり」| ① with a click/with a snap
「ぎこぎこ」| ① squeak squeak/squeaking
「ガクガクブルブル」| ① chattering (of teeth) and trembling (with fear) (👉 ガクガク,1;ブルブル)
「バキバキ・ばきばき」| ① with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
「キャン・きゃん・キャイン・きゃいん」| ① yelp/yap/yipe (👉 キャンキャン)
「かしゃかしゃ」| ① click-clack/clickety-click/clicking sound/clattering sound
「ゲーゲー・げえげえ・げーげー」| ① (with a) vomiting sound
「パチン・ぱちん」| ① with a click/with a snap ② ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.) (✋ abbreviation)
「ゴツンゴツン・ごつんごつん」| ① thumping/banging (👉 ゴツン)
「ばちん・バチン」| ① (with a) slap/smack/whack/sound of a sharp blow with something flat ② wham/sound of striking with something solid ③ zap/crack/sound of thunder
「ドスンドスン・どすんどすん」| ① thud thud (esp. footsteps)/clump clump (👉 どしんどしん)
「どすっと」| ① thump/thud/bump/clunk (👉 どすん)
「ヒュー・ひゅー・ひゅーっ・ヒューッ」| ① (with a) whizzing sound/whistling sound/sound of something whizzing by
「シコシコ・しこしこ」| ① chewy/springy/al dente ② slowly but steadily ③ masturbation/fap fap
習習・習々「しゅうしゅう」| ① gentle breeze
「ぷっつり・プッツリ・ふっつり・フッツリ・ふつり・フツリ」| ① (breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.) ② (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.)/abruptly/completely/once and for all
「ギンギン・ぎんぎん」| ① ecstatic/excited/wild/intoxicating ② painfully (of a headache)/stinging ③ ice-cold (beer, etc.) (👉 キンキン,3) ④ noisily (chirping, barking, etc.)
「トコトコ・とことこ」| ① briskly with small steps/trotting
「ずらずら」| ① in succession/in an endless stream/continuing without pause or interruption
「こっきり」| ① only/just ② with a snap (✋ obsolete term)
「くっくっと・クックッと」| ① with a chuckle/with a giggle
「かぴかぴ・カピカピ」| ① crusty/flaky/dried out (✋ colloquial)
「ダボダボ・だぼだぼ」| ① loose (of clothing)/loose-fitting ② plenty (of pouring a liquid) ③ sloshing about (e.g. of water in one's stomach) (👉 だぶだぶ,3)
「すっぱ」| ① cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.)/in a single blow (👉 すっぱり,2)
「ふっくり」| ① fully/luxuriantly/fluffy/plump/soft and full/corpulent
「チロチロ・ちろちろ」| ① flicker (light)/waver ② trickle (water) ③ glance at
「トホホ・とほほ・トホホホ」| ① boo-hoo/boo-hoo-hoo
「バッサバッサ・ばっさばっさ」| ① (cutting down) one after another/left and right/in quick succession ② flapping (of a large bird's wings)
噁噁「あくあく」| ① chirp/tweet/caw (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ぺらっと」| ① flipping (e.g. a page)/peeling off (👉 ぺらぺら,2) ② fluently (👉 ぺらぺら,1)
「ぷるぷる・プルプル」| ① trembling/shivering ② jiggling/wobbling/bouncing
「のっしのっし・のしのし・ノッシノッシ・ノシノシ」| ① walking heavily/lumbering
「ざぶりざぶり」| ① sound of living, moving water
「じとじと」| ① damp/wet/soaked/humid/clammy
「ぺたり・べたり」| ① slapping on (stamp, sticker) (👉 べたっと,1) ② flopping down (👉 べたっと,2)
「つるり・つるん」| ① smoothly/with a slipping or sliding motion
「メリメリ・めりめり」| ① cracking/splitting/ripping/crashing/creaking/groaning
「タプタプ・たぷたぷ」| ① flabby
「たぶたぶ」| ① brimming/full to the point of overflowing ② loose/baggy (👉 ゆったり,2;ぶかぶか,1;だぶだぶ,1)
「フッ」| ① hah (derisively)/pooh ② pfft (of something disappearing)/poof ③ huff/puff
「ばちゃん・バチャン」| ① with a splash
「ぴょこぴょこ」| ① up and down/lightly/nimbly/moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit ② casually/(strolling about) without a care (👉 ひょいひょい,2)
「どっぴゅ」| ① sound of something being powerfully ejected
「ことん」| ① clunk/thump
「ぴゅう・ぴゅん・ピュウッ・ピュー」| ① whiz (e.g. projectile through air)/swoosh/whoosh/whistling sound (👉 ぴゅうぴゅう)
「くるっと」| ① turning around/spinning around/curling up (👉 くるり,1) ② round and charming (e.g. eyes)
「ぱらり」| ① sprinkling/dropping in small light bits
「どうと・どうど」| ① crash/smash/bang/sound of a large, heavy object falling
「ピチャリ」| ① sound of a small wave hitting the shore/sound of a whip/sound of a slap
「ぴちゃん」| ① splash ② slam/slap
「とろり・トロリ」| ① thickly/viscously/stickily/creamily/(melting and) becoming soft ② sleepily/drowsily/dozing off
「ごとり・ゴトリ」| ① with a thump/with a clang/with a clank
「そぼそぼ」| ① drizzling (rain) (👉 しょぼしょぼ,1)
「デクデク・でくでく」| ① plump/fat
「シュッシュッ・しゅっしゅっ」| ① choo-choo/chug-chug/chuff-chuff/hiss-hiss ② brush-brush/scrub-scrub
「どしり・ドシリ」| ① sound of a heavy object falling (👉 どしん)
「どかり」| ① falling heavily
「ボーボー・ボウボウ・ぼうぼう・ぼーぼー」| ① vigorously (burning)/furiously/fiercely
「ジンジン・じんじん」| ① (painful) tingling/throbbing (with pain)/stinging/feeling numb ② noisily (ringing)
「バリッと・バリっと・ばりっと」| ① with a crack/with a tearing sound/with a ripping sound ② stylish/smart/dapper/dashing/spruce (👉 ぱりっと,1)
「ぽちゃり」| ① splash/splosh
「ムッと・むっと・むーっと・むうっと」| ① to be offended/to get angry/to be annoyed/to be miffed/to be huffy/to be sullen/to be upset ② to be stuffy/to be stifling/to be muggy ③ firmly (shutting one's mouth)
「ぐらり」| ① shaking violently
「ぽっと・ポッと」| ① slightly (blushing) ② suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.) ③ suddenly (appearing, coming out, etc.) ④ distractedly/absentmindedly/vacantly
「ぶるん・ぶるり」| ① with a vroom/with a sudden shaking
「どんぶりこ・どんぶらこ」| ① plop/splash ② tumbling
「チュンチュン・チュン・ちゅんちゅん・ちゅん」| ① chirp/cheep
「ぎいとん」| ① squeaking or creaking (followed by a thump)
「むくむく・ムクムク」| ① rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.)/towering/billowing ② plump/chubby ③ welling up (of an emotion)/boiling up ④ getting up/stirring/moving about ⑤ shaggy/hairy
「ほんわか・ホンワカ」| ① warm/comfortable/snug/cozy/cosy/pleasant/soft/fluffy/gentle (✋ colloquial)
「ぱったり・パッタリ」| ① with a clack/with a thud/with a tap/with a flop/with a thump (👉 ばったり,1) ② unexpectedly (meeting someone) (👉 ばったり,2) ③ suddenly (ending)/abruptly (coming to a halt) (👉 ばったり,3)
「ぶらりぶらり」| ① dangling/swaying/swinging (👉 ぶらぶら,1) ② (walking) leisurely/aimlessly/strolling/wandering/rambling ③ idly/lazily/leisurely/aimlessly
「パカパカ・ぱかぱか」| ① clip-clop/clippety-clop ② clamshell cellphone/flip cellphone
「とくとく・トクトク」| ① glug-glug
「とん」| ① tap/knock/bonk
「ザブン・ざぶん・ザブリ・ざぶり・ザンブ・ざんぶ・ザンブリ・ざんぶり」| ① splash/plop
「パシャッと・バシャッと・ぱしゃっと・ばしゃっと」| ① with a splash/with a splosh (👉 バシャバシャ,1) ② with a click (of a camera shutter)/with a snap (👉 バシャバシャ,2)
「じわっと」| ① slowly but steadily
「ペロリ・ぺろり・ペロン・ぺろん」| ① (eating up) quickly/in no time/gobbling up ② quickly (sticking out one's tongue) ③ licking/licking up ④ (peeling off) in one go/completely
「ぴりり」| ① tingling/stinging/pungently (👉 ぴりっと)
「ぷるんぷるん・プルンプルン」| ① shaking like a jelly/jellylike (👉 ぷるん)
「バシッと・ばしっと」| ① with a whack/with a smack ② (answering a question) directly/definitively
「しねしね・しなしな・シナシナ・シネシネ」| ① soft and elastic/flexible/pliant
「のそりのそり」| ① slowly/stolidly/heavily/lumpingly (👉 のそのそ)
「ぷるん・プルン」| ① shaking like a jelly/jellylike (👉 ぷるんぷるん)
「こちょこちょ・コチョコチョ」| ① tickling ② restlessly/hurriedly/fiddling (around)/whispering (in someone's ear) ③ kitchy-koo/goochie-goo
「ごそり」| ① rustling sound/rummaging sound
「がさり」| ① rustling sound ② search (esp. a home search by the police) (👉 がさる) (✋ rare term; slang)
「すぽっと・スポッと」| ① snugly (into hole, container, etc.)/tightly (fitting, covering)/firmly ② (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement)/with a plop/(fall) straight
「ぷつぷつ」| ① bumpy (e.g. of a rash)/knobbly/pimply ② easily cut
「ゆくと」| ① slowly/unhurriedly/without haste/leisurely/at one's leisure (👉 ゆっくり,1) (✋ archaic)
「ぽつねんと」| ① solitarily/in a lonely fashion/all alone/by oneself
「パチ」| ① snapping (e.g. book shut)/clapping/crackling/sputtering ② pachinko (👉 パチンコ,1) (✋ abbreviation; slang)
「ボキボキ・ポキポキ・ぽきぽき・ぼきぼき」| ① cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles)/crunching sound
「すってんころり・すってんころりん」| ① falling plump/falling down flat
「ポロン・ポロロン・ポロンポロン・ぽろろん」| ① strumming/thrumming/plunking/plonking
「しっちゃかめっちゃか・ひっちゃかめっちゃか・シッチャカメッチャカ・ヒッチャカメッチャカ」| ① in a terrible mess/in complete disorder/chaotic
「かたこと・カタコト」| ① click-clack/clip-clop/clatter
「ぺっと・ペッと」| ① ptoo (sound of spitting)/ptui/ptew/ptooey
「バシバシ・ばしばし」| ① violently/without holding anything back ② firmly/resolutely
「ちくりちくり」| ① prickling/stinging/biting
「ちくっと・ちくと」| ① pricking/stinging/tingling
「ピンと・ぴんと」| ① tightly/tautly/tensely (👉 ピンと張る) ② (springing, straightening) up/suddenly/with a jerk (👉 ピンと立てる) ③ intuitively/instinctively/immediately (👉 ピンとくる,1) ④ with a burst/with a crack/with a snap/with a twang
「パシャリ・ぱしゃり」| ① sound of a camera shutter ② sound of water splashing (👉 パシャン)
「ビシバシ・びしばし」| ① without holding anything back/mercilessly/relentlessly/energetically/vigorously
「どたんばたん・ドタンバタン」| ① banging around (e.g. in a fight)
「けちょんけちょん」| ① thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.)/utter/serious (✋ colloquial)
「がじがじ・ガジガジ」| ① biting/gnawing ② in constant pain/irritated
「どばどば・ドバドバ」| ① pouring out in large amounts/flowing out gushingly
「ぶるっと」| ① shiveringly
「ポトン・ぽとん・ポトッ・ぽとっ・ポテン・ぽてん・ポトっ」| ① with a plop/with a plonk/with a plunk/with a flop (👉 ぽとり)
「ブルルン・ぶるるん」| ① va-va-vroom/va-voom/vrrrm (👉 ぶるん) ② sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs)
「ぐしぐし」| ① grumbling/complaining/muttering ② crumpling (e.g. paper)
「こそっと」| ① stealthily/secretly (👉 こっそり;こそこそ)
「ピコピコ・ぴこぴこ」| ① blip bleep ② in short repeated movements
「だくだく」| ① gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood)/flowing profusely ② thump-thump/bang-bang/pit-a-pat/pitapat/pitter-patter ③ sound of hoofbeats
「ぷくぷく」| ① bubblingly/foamingly/sinking or rising while giving off bubbles (👉 ぶくぶく,2) ② cute and chubby/pudgy/puffed up
「プチュッ」| ① kissing loudly/smooching ② squirting/gushing
「ビュンビュン・びゅんびゅん」| ① with a whoosh/with a swish/with a whirl/whizzing by (👉 ビュン)
「ビュッ・びゅっ・ビュン・びゅん」| ① zip/ping/zing/zoom/whoosh (👉 ビュンビュン)
「もやくや」| ① trouble/bother/confusion ② depression/gloom/feeling sad
「てへぺろ・テヘペロ」| ① laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue (👉 てへ;ぺろっと,2) (✋ slang)
「ひょろっと」| ① tall and thin/long and thin/lanky/spindly/gangly
「ちょろっと」| ① quickly/briefly ② rashly/carelessly ③ (flowing) in trickles
「ムクと・むくと・むくっと・ムクッと・ムクっと・むっくと」| ① abruptly (rising) ② slowly (rising)
「どんと」| ① powerfully/vigorously/with all one's strength ② lots of/heaps of/plenty
「ぽんぽこ」| ① sounding of a drum or hand drum/sound of drums ② full (stomach)/bursting
「ふんふん・フンフン」| ① uh-huh ② sniff-sniff
「わさわさ・ワサワサ」| ① restless/fidgety/lively/busy
「ぽくぽく」| ① rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong) ② clip-clopping (e.g. horse) ③ crumbly (👉 ほくほく,1) ④ ambling/strolling ⑤ dozing
「ビチビチ・びちびち」| ① sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water/diarrhea, etc. sounds/watery
「しらっと」| ① dully/dispassionately/apathetically/in a subdued manner
「ずぼり」| ① vigorously/really getting stuck into
「きょろり」| ① with bright almond eyes/eyes wide open ② nonchalantly (👉 けろり,2)
「きょろん」| ① with bright almond eyes/eyes wide open (👉 きょろり,1) ② nonchalantly (👉 きょろり,2;けろり,2)
「プンスカ・ぷんすか」| ① angrily/in a huff (✋ slang)
「ブー・ブーッ」| ① beep/honk (car horn)/buzz (buzzer)/boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
「むむ」| ① hum/hmm ② hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed) (👉 ふふ) ③ uh-huh (👉 うんうん,1) ④ mm/hmm ⑤ well
「ぷくっと」| ① puffed up (👉 ぷくぷく,2)
「ゴロン・ごろん」| ① (lying down) with a flop/heavily
「ペッペッ・ぺっぺっ」| ① spitting (repeatedly)
「ポロっと・ぽろっと」| ① dropping (of tears, dew, etc.) (👉 ぽろり,1) ② falling off/dropping off/slipping (e.g. from one's hands) (👉 ぽろり,2) ③ inadvertently (coming to the surface)/letting out (e.g. a secret) (👉 ぽろり,3)
「わしわし」| ① many people talking noisily ② chowing down/scarfing down ③ roughly (of actions)
「へたへた」| ① falling down/lacking the energy to stand/collapsing
「わちゃわちゃ」| ① chattering/chit-chat/(ladies) prattle (👉 ぺちゃくちゃ) (🗣 Osaka-ben)
「レロレロ・れろれろ・ロレロレ・ろれろれ」| ① slurring (of speech)/indistinctly/inarticulately (✋ rare term)
「ふにゃり・ふにゃっ」| ① limply (👉 ふにゃふにゃ,2)
「グサッと・ぐさっと」| ① deeply (stab, thrust, etc.)/hard
「きゃっ・キャー・ぎゃあ・キャッ・きゃあ・ギャー・ぎゃっ・ギャッ」| ① yikes!/eek!/ouch!/yes!/wow!/blech ② ook/eek ③ customer (✋ slang)
「ちゃっと」| ① swiftly/rapidly/promptly/nimbly (✋ archaic) ② a little/somewhat (👉 ちょっと,1) (✋ archaic)
「ぷくり」| ① partly puffed up (👉 ぷくっと) ② bubblingly
「にやっ・ニヤッ」| ① smirkingly/broadly (grinning)
「くわっと・クワッと」| ① opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
「ぽきり・ぽきん・ぼきり・ぼきん」| ① snappingly/with a snap (👉 ポキッと)
「すぽん・スポン・ずぼん」| ① snugly (into hole, container, etc.)/tightly (fitting, covering)/firmly (👉 すぽっと,1) ② (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement)/with a plop/(fall) straight (👉 すぽっと,2)
「さらっと」| ① smoothly/swimmingly ② forthrightly/without hesitation
「ピラピラ・ぴらぴら」| ① fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.)/waving/small fluttering object
「ペッ」| ① phooey
「にゃん・ニャン・にゃーん・ニャーン・にゃあん」| ① meow/miaow ② cat (✋ children's language)
「ぶらんぶらん・ブランブラン」| ① dangling
「バタンキュー・ばたんきゅー・バタンキュウ・ばたんきゅう」| ① falling asleep immediately/going out like a light (👉 バタン) (✋ colloquial)
「きゅう」| ① (rubbing, twisting) hard/with a squeal/with a creak (👉 きゅっと,1) ② (drinking) in one sweep (👉 きゅっと,2)
「ちゃっちゃと・ちゃっちゃっと・ちゃちゃっと・ちゃちゃと」| ① lickety-split/quickly (👉 ちゃっと,1)
「ニッと・にっと・にいっと・ニイッと」| ① with a grin
「パシャン・ぱしゃん」| ① splash/sploosh
「いひひ・イヒヒ」| ① hee-hee/tee-hee
「びいびい」| ① noisily/bleatingly
「かたっと」| ① clattering/(with a) clunk (👉 かたり)
「ちゃんちゃんばらばら」| ① clashing of swords ② fight/brawl/scuffle
「がしゃがしゃ・ガシャガシャ」| ① (pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily ② cluttered/disordered/messy
「くいくい」| ① giving two or three light tugs (or pushes) ② worrying about/moping/brooding over/fretting (✋ archaic) ③ suddenly angry/feeling a surge of anger (✋ archaic)
「バシャバシャ・パシャパシャ・バチャバチャ・パチャパチャ・ばしゃばしゃ・ぱしゃぱしゃ・ばちゃばちゃ・ぱちゃぱちゃ」| ① splish-splash/with a splash ② click-click (of a camera shutter)/with a click/with a snap
「ガビガビ・がびがび」| ① dried stiff (esp. of something sticky) (✋ colloquial)
「クスッと・くすっと・くすりと」| ① slipping out (a chuckle, giggle)/unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
「ぴんしゃん・ピンシャン・びんしゃん」| ① vigorous for one's age/active despite one's years/hale and hearty/full of beans
「じたじた」| ① cowering/recoiling/overwhelmed
「もふもふ・モフモフ」| ① soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers)/fluffy (👉 フワフワ,2) ② to stroke (something fluffy)/to rub/to pat (✋ Internet slang)
「しんなり」| ① soft/supple/pliant
「すぱっと」| ① completely (quitting, etc.)/entirely/thoroughly/totally/wholly/without hesitation ② cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.)/in a single blow
「ゴホゴホ・ごほごほ・コホコホ・こほこほ」| ① coughing/hacking cough ② thundering/drumming
「ビュイーン」| ① zooming/whizzing/whistling
「シャキーン」| ① clink/clank/clang
「どくん・ドクン・どっくん・ドックン」| ① heavy heartbeat/thumping/pounding
「げほげほ・ゲホゲホ」| ① (wet) cough/(sound of) coughing
「ぱらっと・パラッと・パラっと」| ① quickly (turning pages, opening a letter, etc.)/with a flick/casually/absentmindedly ② lightly (falling rain, leaves, etc.) ③ sprinkling over (e.g. salt) ④ sparsely (scattered)/here and there
「ぐすぐす・グスグス」| ① snuffling/sniffling
「ささっと」| ① quickly/briefly
「ウッキー・ウッキッキー」| ① ook/ook-ook
「ぽかり」| ① with a whack/with a thump (👉 ぽかん,3) ② openmouthed/with one's mouth wide-open/gaping/flabbergasted (👉 ぽかん,2) ③ vacantly/blankly/absentmindedly (👉 ぽかん,1) ④ gaping (of a hole, etc.)/suddenly opening
「ほう・ほー・ホー」| ① oh/ho/exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc. ② hoo (owl call)/toot (sound of a flute)
「キャーキャー・きゃあきゃあ・キャッキャ・きゃっきゃ・キャッキャッ・きゃっきゃっ」| ① shrieking/squealing/screeching/screaming/shouting/cackling ② chattering (e.g. of a monkey)/chittering
「グルル」| ① grrr/growl
「ベロリ・べろり」| ① slurping/lapping (👉 べろべろ,1)
「ごくっ・ゴクッ」| ① gulp/gulping (👉 ごくり)
「カシャリ」| ① click
「ビリッと・びりっと」| ① ripping/tearing/vibrating/buzzing/like an electric shock (👉 びりびり,1)
「シュッと」| ① quickly ② swishing/whooshing
「ゴクン・ごくん」| ① with a gulp
「ギシギシアンアン」| ① sex/sexual intercourse/sound of bed creaking and woman moaning (👉 ぎしぎし,1) (✋ slang)
「ぶわぶわ」| ① spongy
「うっそり」| ① absentmindedly/vacantly/carelessly (👉 ぼんやり,2)
「じゅくじゅく」| ① oozily/seeping out/very damply/humidly
「きなきな」| ① worriedly/fretting/moping/brooding (✋ archaic)
「ぷっくり」| ① puffed up/plump (👉 ぷくっと)
「とっくり」| ① thoroughly/carefully/deliberately/seriously/fully
「ごそっと」| ① completely/entirely/wholly (👉 ごっそり,1)
「シュワシュワ・しゅわしゅわ」| ① bubbliness (of a carbonated drink)/sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink)/fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
「やいのやいの」| ① (pressing) hard/badgeringly/pesteringly/repeatedly/urgingly
「しゃなりしゃなり」| ① gracefully/affectedly/mincingly
「バッチシ・ばっちし」| ① perfectly/right on the mark/spot on/bang on (👉 バッチリ,1) (🗣 Osaka-ben) ② enough/sufficiently/thoroughly/completely (👉 バッチリ,2) (🗣 Osaka-ben)
「みっしり」| ① strictly/severely ② fully ③ closely/tightly
「ジョリジョリ・じょりじょり」| ① scrape-scrape/(with a) scraping sound
「ぷかり・ぷかりぷかり」| ① puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke) ② bobbing (to the surface)/floating lightly
「スルッと・するっと」| ① smoothly/glidingly (👉 するり)
「ぼっと」| ① with a roar (of flames)/with a whoosh/flaring up (👉 ぼうっと,3) ② suddenly blushing ③ in a daze/absent-mindedly/vacantly/abstractedly/blankly/idly (👉 ぼうっと,1) ④ dimly/hazily/faintly/vaguely/indistinctly (👉 ぼうっと,2)
「ズボッと・ずぼっと」| ① (going) right into (a tight space)/(sinking into) deeply and suddenly/(popping) out/(coming out) with a pop/with a squelch
「しゃんしゃん・シャンシャン」| ① jingling ② (sound of) many people clapping together (👉 手締め) ③ healthy/robust/active/hale and hearty/handling one's work well ④ concluding successfully ⑤ boiling (of water) (✋ archaic)
「ゲタゲタ・げだげだ」| ① boisterously (laughing)
「じっぱり」| ① a lot/many/much
「ちんと」| ① calmly/coolly/primly (👉 チン,1)
「ギタギタ・ギッタギタ・ギタンギタン・ギッタンギッタン」| ① severely beaten up/thoroughly defeated/completely destroyed (✋ slang) ② severely damaged/battered/beat-up/tattered/worn-out (✋ slang)
「ぎったんばっこん・ぎったんばっこ」| ① seesaw/teeter-totter (👉 シーソー) (✋ children's language)
「ハハハ・ははは」| ① ha ha ha (laughter)
「ペリペリ・ぺりぺり」| ① tearing (along a perforated edge)/peeling off (a plastic film, sticker, etc.)
「プー・ぷー・ぷう・プーッ・ぷーっ・プーっ・ぷうっ」| ① toot (e.g. of trumpet) ② honk (e.g. of klaxon)/beep ③ farting sound ④ sound of something being inflated/puff/poof/phoo
「しゅるしゅる」| ① rustling (as of silk)/slithering (sound)/whizzing/hissing
「ニタァ・ニタァー」| ① with a grin/showing a devilish smile (👉 にたり)
「ピロピロ」| ① party horn/party blower (👉 吹き戻し)
「ぽっぽと・ポッポと」| ① puffing/chugging ② steaming ③ feeling hot
「ぴかり・ピカり」| ① with a flash/brightly/dazzlingly/sparklingly/brilliantly (👉 ピカッと)
「グーン・ぐーん」| ① remarkably/noticeably (👉 ぐんと)
「くぱぁ」| ① sound of vulva opening (✋ manga slang)
「ごゆっくり」| ① slowly/unhurriedly/without haste/leisurely/at one's leisure (👉 ゆっくり,1) (✋ polite (teineigo) language)
「ぱしぱし」| ① with a snap
「パコパコ・ぱこぱこ」| ① sound of typing on a keyboard ② having sex
「ズブズブ・ずぶずぶ」| ① (sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.) ② (thrust) deeply (into a soft object) ③ (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.) ④ drenched/soaked/sodden ⑤ extremely (drunk) (✋ archaic)
「ぽっぽ・ポッポ」| ① puffing (smoke or steam)/puff-puff (of a steam locomotive)/chug-chug ② steaming ③ (one's body) feeling hot ④ coo-coo (of a pigeon) ⑤ choo-choo (train) (👉 汽車ぽっぽ) (✋ children's language) ⑥ pigeon/dove (👉 はとぽっぽ) (✋ children's language)
「ポイポイ・ぽいぽい」| ① tossing
「シュッシュッポッポ・シュッシュッポッポッ・しゅっしゅっぽっぽ・しゅっしゅっぽっぽっ」| ① chuff-chuff (sound of a steam engine)/choo-choo/chug-chug/puff-puff (👉 ぽっぽ,1)
「ぴっしゃり・びっしゃり」| ① slapping together (incl. sound) ② fitting tightly (incl. sound)
「ぐしゃり」| ① squashed/crushed (👉 ぐしゃっと,1)
「ボテボテ・ぼてぼて」| ① bulky (e.g. clothing)/ungainly/heavy/big ② poorly hit (e.g. grounder)/weak (🀄️ baseball)
「ボテッと・ぼてっと」| ① podgily/plumply/thickly
「ほろっと」| ① touching/moving (to tears) (👉 ほろり,1)
「ビューン・びゅーん・びゅうん」| ① swish/whoosh/whizz
「ガブッと・がぶっと・ガプッと・がぷっと」| ① chomping/gulping/with a big bite
「シャー・しゃー・シャーっ・しゃーっ」| ① whoosh (of water) ② hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.) ③ sizzle
「キレキレ・キレッキレ・キレッキレッ」| ① agile (person's movements)/nimble/adroit/lively/brisk/skillful
「きー・きーっ・キー・キーッ・きいっ・キーっ」| ① with a screech/with a squeak/with a squeal
「けろけろ」| ① completely/entirely (👉 けろり,1) ② nonchalantly/as if nothing happened (👉 けろり,2)
「ぴょん・ぴょーん・ピョン・ピョーン」| ① (jumping) nimbly/light-footed ② boing ③ used at sentence end to affect cuteness (✋ jocular, humorous term)
「くしゅくしゅ」| ① crumply (cloth, clothing, etc.)/ruffled ② itchy and runny (nose)
「すっくり」| ① straight/upright/erect (👉 すっくと) ② all/completely/thoroughly (👉 すっかり)
「ほっかり」| ① pleasantly (warm) ② faintly/lightly ③ suddenly/unexpectedly ④ accidentally/carelessly ⑤ (gaping) wide/(opening one's mouth) wide
「ぎりぎり・ギリギリ」| ① grinding (sound)/grating/gnashing ② forcefully/strongly/with effort/(binding) tightly
「ちゃかちゃか」| ① restlessly/restively/agitated/fidgety
「すぽり」| ① snugly (into hole, container, etc.)/tightly (fitting, covering)/firmly (👉 すぽっと,1) ② (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement)/with a plop/(fall) straight (👉 すぽっと,2)
「ぽっこり・ポッコリ」| ① bulging (esp. stomach)/sticking out
「じわり・ジワリ」| ① gradually/slowly but steadily
我利我利「がりがり・ガリガリ」| ① focusing on only one thing/obsessively/intensely (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② selfish/self-serving (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ずっぷり」| ① completely submerged (e.g. in water) (👉 どっぷり) ② completely soaked (e.g. with rain)
「どきん・どきり・ドキン・ドキリ」| ① being startled/getting a shock
「ジューッ・じゅーっ・じゅうっ」| ① fizzlingly/sputteringly
「ムカッ・ムカ・むかっ・むか」| ① being angry (suddenly) (👉 むかっと,2) (✋ colloquial)
「がったり」| ① suddenly (esp. falling)/dramatically
「そろっと・ソロっと・ソロッと」| ① soon/momentarily/before long/any time now (👉 そろそろ,1)
「たらり」| ① drop-by-drop/dripping/dribbling/in a trickle (👉 たらたら,1) ② loosely (hanging)/limply (👉 だらり)
「キュンキュン・きゅんきゅん」| ① heart-wrenchingly/with a thrill in one's heart (✋ colloquial)
「しゅー・シュー」| ① hiss/swish/whoosh/whiz/fizzle/sputter
「モワッと・もわっと・ムワッと・むわっと・むわりと」| ① thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.)/stiflingly (hot air)/suffocatingly/pungently
「むぎゅむぎゅ」| ① springy (texture)/doughy/elastic (👉 もちもち)
「タタタン」| ① tappity-tap/tap-tap
「バチコーン・ばちこーん」| ① thwap/smack
「ドロドロ・どろどろ」| ① rumbling (of thunder, drums, etc.)/booming
「ぎっくり・ギックリ」| ① with surprise/with a start (👉 ぎくり)
「うふん・うふーん」| ① tee-hee (✋ female term or language) ② mmh (moan)/aah (✋ female term or language)
「グニュッと・ぐにゅっと」| ① gooily/with a squeeze/squishily/with a squish
「ぬるっと・ヌルっと」| ① oilily/slimily/slipperily
「ひーこら・ヒーコラ・ひいこら」| ① straining (with physical exertion)/crying/groaning/huffing and puffing
「ちゃりん・チャリン」| ① with a clink (of metal)/with a chink
「ばたっと・バタッと・バタっと」| ① with a thud/with a flop/with a plop/with a snap/with a crash ② suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
「ビョンビョン・びょんびょん・ビヨンビヨン・びよんびよん」| ① bouncily/with a stretch/with a boing
「ちょろり」| ① quickly/briefly ② rashly/carelessly ③ (flowing) in trickles
「キコキコ・きこきこ」| ① with a squeaking sound (of metal)
「にゅるり・ニュルリ」| ① with a wriggle/in a slithering motion/in a squiggle/with a spurt
「パリン・ぱりん」| ① with a crack/with a smash
「パタッと・パタっと・ぱたっと」| ① with a light thud/with a flop/with a (light) clap ② suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
「うそうそ・ウソウソ」| ① uneasily/restlessly/erratically (👉 うろうろ,1)
「ワタワタ・わたわた」| ① flustered/confused/panicked
「わっさわっさ・ワッサワッサ」| ① with a bustle/with a hubbub
「ぱくっと」| ① (gaping) widely
「ちょっぴし」| ① a tiny bit/just a smidgin/a wee bit/very slightly (👉 ちょっぴり) (✋ colloquial)
「ゲフンゲフン・げふんげふん」| ① ahem/cough-cough/noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
「ムチムチ・むちむち・ムッチムチ・むっちむち」| ① plump/chubby/voluptuous (👉 むっちり)
「ぴょいと」| ① lightly and nimbly/with agility
「にゅるっと・ニュルっと・ニュルッと」| ① with a wriggle/in a slimy way/coweringly/hesitantly (👉 にゅるり)
「にゅるにゅる」| ① slithering/wriggling
「ごちょごちょ」| ① (going) on and on (about trivial matters)/(complaining about) this and that/trivially (chatting)
「ピーポー」| ① nee-naw (sound of an emergency vehicle siren)/wee-woo
「バチバチ・ばちばち」| ① crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.)/sparking/sputtering/spitting (👉 パチパチ,1) ② to fight/to argue
「ぴえん・ピエン・ぴえーん・ピエーン」| ① boohoo/boo hoo/sniff sniff/sob sob/waa waa (✋ slang)
「ぱさり」| ① with a light thud (👉 ばさり)
「ばさっと」| ① with a flap/with a snap/with a thud/with a crash/with a swish/with a rustle
「バブー・ばぶう・ばぶー・ばぶぅ」| ① goo-goo ga-ga
「バブバブ・ばぶばぶ」| ① goo-goo ga-ga (👉 バブー)
「ぽよぽよ・ポヨポヨ」| ① soft/bouncy (👉 びよーん)
「たゆんたゆん・タユンタユン」| ① bouncy (esp. of breasts)
「びよーん・ビヨーン・ぽよーん・ポヨーン」| ① sproing/boing (👉 ぴょーん,2)
「ピタピタ・ぴたぴた」| ① with a patting motion/lightly (tapping) (👉 ぺたぺた,1) ② (sticking) fast/firmly/closely ③ sloshing (liquid)/swaying (✋ rare term)
「こてんこてん・コテンコテン」| ① completely (beaten, defeated, etc.)/thoroughly/utterly/black and blue/to a pulp
「ぽい・ポイ・ぽいっ・ポイっ・ポイッ」| ① carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.)/nonchalantly/casually
「ワン・わん」| ① woof/arf/bow-wow (👉 ワンワン,1)
「ごとん・ゴトン」| ① thump/clang/clank
「がたんごとん・ガタンゴトン」| ① clickety-clack (👉 がたん,1;ごとん)
濡れ濡れ「ぬれぬれ・ヌレヌレ」| ① wetly/moistly
「ヌレヌレ・ぬれぬれ」| ① viscously/sticky/gooey (👉 ネバネバ,1)
「ジュポジュポ・じゅぽじゅぽ」| ① slurp-slurp/suck-suck/sound of blowjob suction
「ほーほー・ホーホー・ほうほう」| ① hoot hoot/tu-whit tu-whoo ② oh!/I see/huh!
「のたり」| ① relaxedly/leisurely/slowly/calmly
「パフ」| ① parp (horn sound)
「ホーホケキョ・ほーほけきょ・ほうほけきょ」| ① hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler)/chirp-chirp/tweet-tweet
「こちゃこちゃ・コチャコチャ」| ① cramming in (many small things)/jumbling together
「シュンッ・しゅんっ」| ① with a whoosh/quickly (moving)/instantaneously
「ネチャネチャ・ねちゃねちゃ」| ① gooey/viscous/sticky
「グチャリ・ぐちゃり」| ① with a squish/with a splat
「どてん・どでん」| ① (with a) thud
「キュルキュル・きゅるきゅる」| ① squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)
「ふわもこ・フワモコ」| ① thick and fluffy/soft and lumpy (👉 ふわふわ,2;もこもこ,1) (✋ colloquial)
「ハフハフ・はふはふ」| ① alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
「ぱかっと・パカっと」| ① with one's mouth wide open/gapingly (👉 ぽかん,2)
「ぽんぽん・ポンポン」| ① tummy/tumtum (✋ children's language) ② bang-bang/pop-pop/tap-tap ③ without reservation/unreservedly/snappishly/outspokenly ④ one after another/successively
「ガリッと・ガリっと・がりっと」| ① with a scraping sound/with a scratching sound ② with a crunching sound (while eating)
「バン」| ① bang (👉 ビッグバン) ② (with a) bang
「どろっと・ドロッと・ドロっと」| ① thickly/stickily/viscously (👉 どろどろ,1)
「パキッ・ぱきっ・パキっ」| ① with a snap/with a crack
「パツパツ・パッツンパッツン・パツンパツン・ぱつぱつ・ぱっつんぱっつん・ぱつんぱつん」| ① bursting at the seams/bulging ② snip-snip (of scissors)
「ふがふが・フガフガ」| ① breathily (while talking)
「ニマニマ・にまにま」| ① smiling/grinning (👉 ニヤニヤ)
「トンテンカン・とんてんかん」| ① clanging (of a hammer)/clanking/chinking
「チュパチュパ・チュッパチュッパ」| ① licking/sucking
「ピーン・ピコーン・ピューン」| ① ding/ping (✋ manga slang)
「プツン・ぷつん」| ① (breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.) (👉 ぷっつり,1) ② (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.) ③ breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
「プツッ・ぷつっ・プツっ」| ① (breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.) (👉 ぷつん,1) ② (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.) ③ breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.) ④ pricking (e.g. with a needle)
「プツリ・ぷつり」| ① (breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.) ② (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.) ③ piercing (e.g. with a needle) ④ squashing (something small; e.g. an insect) ⑤ breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
「ぶっつり・ブッツリ・ぶつり・ブツリ」| ① (breaking) with a snap (of a rope, string, etc.) ② stabbing (with a knife, etc.)
「ピクン・ぴくん」| ① with a twitch/with a jerk/with a flutter/with a dip/with a bob (👉 ピクッと)
「ビキビキ・びきびき・ピキピキ・ぴきぴき」| ① with a crack/with a cracking sound ② with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger) (✋ Internet slang)
「ピッカリン・ピカリン・ぴっかりん・ぴかりーん・ぴっかりーん」| ① eating up/finishing one's plate (👉 ピッカピカ,3) (✋ children's language)
「パシャ」| ① click (of a camera shutter) (👉 パシャッと,2)
「キンキラ・きんきら」| ① gaudy/flashy/shiny
「ポンと・ぽんと・ポンッと・ポンっと・ぽんっと」| ① with a pat/with a tap/with a clap/with a slap/with a smack ② with a pop/with a crack ③ casually (throw)/carelessly ④ generously (give)
「わしゃわしゃ」| ① in a tousled manner/in a ruffled fashion/in a disorderly manner/with a fluster/confusedly/messily/chaotically
「ぞわり」| ① chillingly/shiveringly/with goosebumps/uncomfortably/restlessly (👉 ぞわぞわ)
「グダグダ・ぐだぐだ・グタグタ・ぐたぐた」| ① tediously/persistently/repeatedly/at length ② lazily/idly/slovenly/sluggishly ③ (boiling) to a pulp/to a mash/to a mush
「ゾワゾワ・ぞわぞわ」| ① chillingly/shiveringly/with goosebumps/uncomfortably/restlessly
「ピンポン・ピンポーン」| ① ding-dong (of a doorbell, intercom, etc.) ② doorbell/intercom/ringing the doorbell/pressing the intercom button (✋ colloquial) ③ ding ding ding!/correct!/right answer! (✋ colloquial)
「ずるり・ズルリ」| ① with a slip/with a slide
「ビロビロ・びろびろ」| ① flapping about/waving around/fluttering/waggling (e.g. one's tongue) ② idling sloppily/lovestruck (✋ archaic)
「ざらっと・ザラッと・ザラっと」| ① roughly/coarsely/grittily (👉 ザラザラ,1)
茫と「ぼうと・ぼーと・ボーと」| ① in a daze/absent-mindedly/vacantly/abstractedly/blankly/idly (👉 ぼーっと,1) (✋ word usually written using kana alone) ② dimly/hazily/faintly/vaguely/indistinctly (👉 ぼーっと,2) (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「しめじめ・シメジメ」| ① damply/humidly/soggily (✋ rare term) ② gloomily/cheerlessly (✋ rare term)
「みしり・ミシリ・みしりみしり・ミシリミシリ」| ① with a creak/creakily (👉 ミシミシ)
「ベリベリ・べりべり」| ① peeling off (adhesive tape, wallpaper, etc.)/pulling apart (Velcro)
「キーン・きーん・きいん」| ① with a screech/with a whine/with a shrill/with a ringing (in the ears) ② with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold)/getting a brain freeze (👉 アイスクリーム頭痛)
「もったり」| ① thickly (of whipped eggs, cream, etc.; such that it leaves a trail or forms soft peaks)/stickily/becoming thick and foamy (of soap suds) ② sluggishly/slowly/heavily
「ずしっと・ズシッと」| ① heavily/profoundly (👉 ずっしり)
「ゴテゴテ・ごてごて」| ① thickly/heavily/profusely/gaudily/excessively/too much (👉 こてこて,1) ② (complain) endlessly/excessively/tediously/on and on
「ばらり・バラリ」| ① scattered/sprinkled/sporadically/(hanging) loosely ② snapping (of a thread, string, etc.)/breaking
「パーン・ぱーん・ぱあん」| ① bang/boom/crack
「ほんわり・ホンワリ」| ① warm and gentle (mood)/warm glow (👉 ほんわか)
「ゴキュゴキュ・ごきゅごきゅ」| ① (drinking) in big gulps (👉 ゴクゴク)
「ひゅっと・ヒュッと・ひゅんと・ヒュンと」| ① (with a) whizz/hiss/zip/whistle ② easily/with ease
「ペシペシ・ぺしぺし」| ① with a (light) slapping sound
「ビッタリ・びったり」| ① closely/tightly/clingingly (👉 ぴったり,1)
「ドスドス・どすどす」| ① noisily (walking)
泡々・泡泡「あわあわ・アワアワ」| ① bubbly/foamy/frothy (✋ colloquial; word usually written using kana alone)
「あわあわ・アワアワ」| ① in a fluster/in a panic
淡々・淡淡「あわあわ・アワアワ」| ① lightly/faintly/delicately (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「コテン・こてん」| ① suddenly (fall asleep, fall over, die)
「くるん・クルン」| ① (spinning) around/while revolving ② with a curl/with a whirl/(coiling) around
「スンスン・すんすん」| ① sniffing/sniffling
「ねっちり・ネッチリ」| ① stickily/glutinously (👉 ネチネチ,1) ② persistently/insistently/tenaciously/doggedly (👉 ネチネチ,2)
「ぽそっと・ポソッと」| ① whispering/murmuring/subdued
「じとっと・ジトッと・ジトっと」| ① damply/moistly/clammily/stickily (👉 じっとり) ② gloomily/miserably
「ズボズボ・ずぼずぼ」| ① with a squelch (treading through mud, etc.)/sinking into ② piercing through/plunging into
「ぐちゅぐちゅぺー・ぐちゅぐちゅぺっ・クチュクチュペッ・くちゅくちゅぺっ・グチュグチュペー・グチュグチュペッ・くちゅくちゅぺー・クチュクチュペー」| ① swishing and then spitting out (the toothpaste foam after brushing)
「ズブッと・ずぶっと・ズブっと」| ① stabbing through/plunging into/sticking right into (👉 ずぶり,1) ② sinking into (mud, water, etc.) (👉 ずぶり,2)
「だばだば・ダバダバ」| ① (pouring out) in large amounts/(flowing out) gushingly (👉 ドバドバ)
「ぼさっと・ボサッと・ボサっと」| ① absent-mindedly/absently/idly/blankly/vacantly (👉 ぼそっと,1)
「ちち・チチ」| ① chirp/tweet/chirrup/cheep
「ドドン・どどん・ドドーン・どどーん」| ① with a boom/with a crash/with a rumble
「バーン・ばーん」| ① with a bang/with a bam/with a wham
「べりっと・ペリッと・ペリっと」| ① peeling off (adhesive tape, wallpaper, etc.)/pulling apart (Velcro) (👉 べりべり)
「じめっと・ジメッと」| ① damp/humid/wet/clammy/muggy/soggy (👉 じめじめ,1) ② gloomy/melancholy/depressing (👉 じめじめ,2)
蜩「かなかな・カナカナ」| ① evening cicada (Tanna japonensis) (👉 ヒグラシ) (✋ word usually written using kana alone)
「ゴッチン・ゴチン・ごっちん・ごちん」| ① with a bump (esp. of a head hitting something)/with a clonk/with a clank
「くらり・クラリ」| ① dizzyingly (👉 くらっと)
「ガクビク・がくびく」| ① twitching/shaking/trembling (👉 ガクガク,1;ビクビク,2) (✋ slang)
「ウホウホ・うほうほ」| ① with a bellow (of a gorilla)/while hooting "ooh ooh" ② in high spirits/happily/excitedly
「ぽこっと・ポコっと」| ① wide (open)/gapingly/agape (👉 ぽっかり,2)
「ムワムワ・むわむわ」| ① thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.)/stiflingly (hot air)/suffocatingly/pungently (👉 モワッと)
「ムニムニ・むにむに」| ① squishy/bouncy/soft
「のろり・ノロリ」| ① slowly/sluggishly (👉 のろのろ)
「ぐねり・グネリ」| ① winding/meandering/wriggling/wiggling/waving/swaying/twisting and turning (👉 ぐねぐね) (✋ rare term)
「デュクシ」| ① pow (sound of a punch landing)/bam/wham
「そろりそろり・ソロリソロリ」| ① slowly and quietly/stealthily (👉 そろり,1)
「コトリ・ことり」| ① with a (light) tap/clink/click
「バチコリ・ばちこり」| ① perfectly/right on the mark/spot on/bang on (👉 バッチリ,1) (✋ Internet slang)
「つったらぱったら」| ① busy/hectic
「ドバッと・どばっと・ドバっと」| ① gushing out (suddenly)/pouring out all at once/bursting out
「ガー・がー・があ」| ① drying one's hair (with a hairdryer) (✋ children's language)
「ぷりんぷりん・プリンプリン」| ① plump/jiggly/bouncy
「もそり・モソリ」| ① slowly/sluggishly
「ボトリ・ぼとり」| ① with a thud (of something heavy)
「コツン・こつん」| ① with a bonk/with a thump/with a klunk/with a rap
「ジョキジョキ・じょきじょき」| ① snip snip/cutting (with scissors) (👉 チョキチョキ)
「ちゅるちゅる・チュルチュル」| ① with a slurp/slurpingly/with a sniffle (👉 つるつる,3;ずるずる,4) ② smooth/shiny/slick/glossy (👉 つるつる,1) ③ noodles/udon/ramen (🀄️ food, cooking) (✋ children's language)
「もにょもにょ・モニョモニョ」| ① (speaking) with hesitation/falteringly/in a small voice/struggling for words/in fits and starts/awkwardly (👉 もにょる) (✋ Internet slang)
「もにょる・モニョる」| ① to hesitate (to say)/to mutter/to mumble/to hem and haw/to go about uneasily/to feel irritated (👉 もにょもにょ) (✋ Internet slang)
「ゴロにゃん・ごろにゃん・ゴロニャン」| ① purring
「ブスリ・ぶすり」| ① with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft)/with a thrust/with a stab (👉 ぶすっと,1)
「せこせこ・セコセコ」| ① stingily/cheaply/slyly
「パカラッパカラッ・ぱからっぱからっ」| ① clip-clop (esp. of a horse)/clippety-clop
「ぞろっと・ゾロっと」| ① all together in a line/all together in a lump (👉 ぞろり,1) ② dressed sloppily/underdressed for the occasion (👉 ぞろり,2)
「ヒュードロドロ・ひゅーどろどろ」| ① sound made when a ghost appears (👉 ヒュー;ドロドロ)
「みゃー・ミャー」| ① meow/mew
「ちゃぽん・チャポン」| ① (with a) splash/slosh
「ほわほわ・ホワホワ」| ① billowy/fluffy/cloudlike/puffy/airy (👉 ふわふわ,2) ② tenderly/amiably/softly/cheerfully/gently/pleasantly/dreamily
「ポリポリ・ぽりぽり」| ① munching/crunching ② (lightly) scratching (an itch)
「ぷらぷら・プラプラ」| ① loosely dangling/lightly swaying/swinging slightly (👉 ぶらぶら,1) ② (walking) leisurely/aimlessly/strolling/wandering/rambling (👉 ぶらぶら,2) ③ idly/lazily/leisurely/aimlessly (👉 ぶらぶら,3)
「ジャカジャカ・じゃかじゃか」| ① noisily (playing an instrument)/blaring ② incessantly/continuously/on and on
「ジャバジャバ・じゃばじゃば」| ① splashing/sloshing
「パヤパヤ・ぱやぱや」| ① fuzzy/fluffy (✋ Internet slang)
「じわりじわり・ジワリジワリ」| ① gradually/slowly but steadily/little by little/inch by inch (👉 じわり)
「ゲコゲコ・げこげこ」| ① croaking (of a frog)/ribbit ribbit
「グニグニ・ぐにぐに」| ① rubbery/gummy/squishy
「パオーン」| ① toot (trumpeting sound of an elephant)/pawoo
「ムッスリ・むっすり」| ① silently (in a bad mood)/sullenly/gloomily/taciturnly
「つけつけ・ツケツケ」| ① (speaking) bluntly/without reserve/harshly/directly/outspokenly/reproachfully (👉 ズケズケ) (✋ dated term)
「がくり・ガクリ」| ① suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.)/sharply/with a jerk
「ごっつんこ・ゴッツンコ・ごつんこ」| ① bumping into (each other)
「ピーチクパーチク・ぴーちくぱーちく・ぴいちくぱあちく」| ① tweeting (of a bird)/chirping (✋ colloquial) ② noisily (talking) (✋ colloquial)
「ひゅう・ヒュウ」| ① whizzing/hissing/with a whistle
「ガチャッ・がちゃっ・ガチャっ」| ① (with a) clank
「ドタッ・どたっ・ドタっ」| ① (with a) thud/thump (👉 ドタン)
「がちり・ガチリ」| ① with a heavy clank


## z.js
/*

1. Download a recent English release of JMdict from https://github.com/scriptin/jmdict-simplified/releases and save it here
2. Save this file in the same directory
3. Make sure you have Node.js installed https://nodejs.org
4. run "node z.js"

to generate the output.

If you downloaded a newer version than jmdict-eng-3.6.1.json, change the file below and rerun.

*/

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const circledNumbers =
  "①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾㊿".split(
    ""
  );
const prefixNumber = (n) => circledNumbers[n] || `(${n + 1})`;
function printXrefs(v) {
  return v.map((x) => x.join(",")).join(";");
}
function displayWordLight(w, tags) {
  const kanji = w.kanji.map((k) => k.text).join("・");
  const kana = w.kana.map((k) => k.text).join("・");

  const tagFields = {
    dialect: "🗣",
    field: "🀄️",
    misc: "✋",
  };

  const clean = (arr) => arr.filter((x) => x && x !== "on-mim");

  const s = w.sense
    .map(
      (sense, n) =>
        prefixNumber(n) +
        " " +
        sense.gloss.map((gloss) => gloss.text).join("/") +
        (sense.related.length ? ` (👉 ${printXrefs(sense.related)})` : "") +
        (sense.antonym.length ? ` (👈 ${printXrefs(sense.antonym)})` : "") +
        Object.entries(tagFields)
          .map(([k, v]) =>
            clean(sense[k]).length
              ? ` (${v} ${sense[k]
                  .filter((x) => x != "on-mim")
                  .map((x) => tags[x])
                  .join("; ")})`
              : ""
          )
          .join("")
    )
    .join(" ");
  // console.error(related)
  return `${kanji}「${kana}」| ${s}`;
}

const { words, tags } = JSON.parse(
  readFileSync("jmdict-eng-3.6.1.json", "utf-8")
);

const mimetic = words.filter((w) =>
  w.sense.some((s) => s.misc.includes("on-mim"))
);

mimetic.forEach((w) => console.log("1.", displayWordLight(w, tags)));
	/*

	1. Download a recent English release of JMdict from https://github.com/scriptin/jmdict-simplified/releases and save it here
	2. Save this file in the same directory
	3. Make sure you have Node.js installed https://nodejs.org
	4. run "node z.js"

	to generate the output.

	If you downloaded a newer version than jmdict-eng-3.6.1.json, change the file below and rerun.

	*/

	import { readFileSync } from "fs";

	const circledNumbers =
	"①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾㊿".split(
	""
	);
	const prefixNumber = (n) => circledNumbers[n] \|\| `(${n + 1})`;
	function printXrefs(v) {
	return v.map((x) => x.join(",")).join(";");
	}
	function displayWordLight(w, tags) {
	const kanji = w.kanji.map((k) => k.text).join("・");
	const kana = w.kana.map((k) => k.text).join("・");

	const tagFields = {
	dialect: "🗣",
	field: "🀄️",
	misc: "✋",
	};

	const clean = (arr) => arr.filter((x) => x && x !== "on-mim");

	const s = w.sense
	.map(
	(sense, n) =>
	prefixNumber(n) +
	" " +
	sense.gloss.map((gloss) => gloss.text).join("/") +
	(sense.related.length ? ` (👉 ${printXrefs(sense.related)})` : "") +
	(sense.antonym.length ? ` (👈 ${printXrefs(sense.antonym)})` : "") +
	Object.entries(tagFields)
	.map(([k, v]) =>
	clean(sense[k]).length
	? ` (${v} ${sense[k]
	.filter((x) => x != "on-mim")
	.map((x) => tags[x])
	.join("; ")})`
	: ""
	)
	.join("")
	)
	.join(" ");
	// console.error(related)
	return `${kanji}「${kana}」\| ${s}`;
	}

	const { words, tags } = JSON.parse(
	readFileSync("jmdict-eng-3.6.1.json", "utf-8")
	);

	const mimetic = words.filter((w) =>
	w.sense.some((s) => s.misc.includes("on-mim"))
	);

	mimetic.forEach((w) => console.log("1.", displayWordLight(w, tags)));
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