( ´ ▽ ` )ノToday’s Lesson: Onomatopoeic Words
擬音語|Giongo|Usually written in Katakana, giongo are words which describe a sound
グルグル|guru guru - turning
ドキドキ|doki doki - heartbeat
ワンワン|wan wan - a dog barking
ニャニャ|nya nya - a cat’s meow
ニャンニャン|nyan nyan - a cat’s meow
コケコッコ|koke kokko - a chicken clucking
パチパチ|pachi pachi - hands clapping, bonfire
ザーザー|zaa zaa - (heavy) rain
ポツポツ|potsu potsu - rain drops, water dropping
バンバン|ban ban - gunshots
フワア|fuwaa - a yawn
ケロケロ|kero kero - a frog’s croak
へへへ/ハハハ|hehehe/hahaha - laughter
ドカン|dokan - explosion
ズガ|zuga - a hard blow
擬態語|Gitaigo |Usually written in Hiragana, gitaigo are words that describe an action, state, or emotion by an associated sound
じりじり|jiri jiri - impatience
さらさら|sara sara - silky/glossy
ワクワク|waku waku - uneasiness/nervousness
モヤモヤ|moya moya - gloomy/depressed
ぺこぺこ|peko peko - hungry/famished
すやすや|suya suya - sleeping soundly
ガタガタ|gata gata - loud sound; moving furniture
イライラ|ira ira - irritated/frustrated
ぴかぴか|pika pika - shine/shining
ムシャムシャ|musha musha - people eating
ウハウハ|uha uha - jumping
ぴょんぴょん|pyon pyon - jumping
ワイワイ|wai wai - children playing
ガヤガヤ|gaya gaya - a crowd or a mob
いちゃいちゃ|icha icha - two people making out
いそいそ|iso iso - to move around with liveliness
うかうか|uka uka - to be careless or absent minded
うとうと|uto uto - to doze off
うつらうつら|utsura utsura - to drift from sleep/wakefulness
おどおど|odo odo - to feel uneasy
びっしょり|bisshori - to be soaked
