Onomatopoeia Flashcards
(120 cards)
1
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しばしば
A
often
2
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たびたび
A
often, frequently
3
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ちりぢり
A
scattered, dispersed
4
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にこにこ
A
with a friendly grin, smilingly
5
Q
びゅん
A
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
6
Q
ぽかん
A
- vacantly; blankly;
2. openmouthed; flabbergasted
7
Q
しどろもどろ
A
incoherent, confused
8
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ほやほや
A
fresh, new
9
Q
きちんと
A
- neatly, tidily, properly
- regularly
- exactly, precisely
10
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たっぷり
A
- fully, generously
2. plenty of
11
Q
うすうす
A
vaguely, slightly
12
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きっぱり
A
flatly, definitively, decisively, once and for all
13
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ぼんやり
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- dimly, faintly
- absent-mindedly, vacantly
- aimlessly
14
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けろりと
A
- completely; entirely
2. nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
15
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めっきり
A
very much, remarkably, a lot
16
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しっかり
A
- strongly, solidly
- tightly, firmly, securely
- properly, well
17
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ぐずぐず
A
slowly, dawdling, lingering
18
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ぷんと
A
angrily
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ぴょんぴょん
A
hopping, skipping, bouncing
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おずおず
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timidly, shyly, hesitantly
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すっと
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- straight, quickly, directly
2. gently, softly
22
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ちょっぴり
A
very little bit, just a smidgin
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ぐちゃぐちゃ
A
pulpy, squashed, mushy / in a mess
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キョトンと
A
with a blank look
25
てっきり
surely, certainly
26
ギョッと
being startled
27
ドシンドシン
walking with heavy steps
28
ドシンと
with a thud, heavily
29
ズキズキ
throbbing pain, heartbreakningly
30
チュっと
kissing
31
ぐらぐら
1. shake, tremble
| 2. wobbly, unsteady
32
どっと
suddenly
33
モヤモヤ
1. hazy, murky, foggy
| 2. gloomy, feeling depressed
34
フラフラ
1. unsteady, staggering, tottering
| 2. wandering, without knowing what one is doing
35
キラリ
glistening, sparkling
36
ちゃっちゃ
quickly
37
じわじわ
slowly, gradually
38
じっと
still, motionlessly
fixedly, intently
patiently
39
うっかり
carelessly, thoughtlessly
40
とっとと
quickly, at once, right away
41
ツルツル
slick, slippery, smooth
42
チラホラ
here and there, sporadically, now and then
43
ギリギリ
at the last moment, just barely
44
ますます
increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
45
やっと
1. at last
| 2. barely, narrowly
46
ごまん と
in a great quantity
47
だらだら
1. dripping
2. endlessly
3. idly
48
しっと
jealousy, envy
49
モンモン
worrying endlessly
50
とうとう
sudden, abrupt
51
ギュウギュウ
packing tightly
52
ムダ
futility, pointlessness
53
チカチカ
flickering, painfully bright
54
クラクラ
dizzy
55
ケンカ
quarrel, brawl, fight
56
ばかし
all, completely
57
もりもり
enthusiastically, energetically
58
ボサボサ
unkept, ruffled hair
59
プカプカ
sound of someone smoking, sound of something floating
60
あっぷあっぷ
suffering, nearly drowning
61
ギュット
hard
62
ズッシリ
heavily, profoundly
63
ばちゃんと
with a splash
64
ズバリ
blunt, straightforward
65
ぬくぬく
comfortably, snugly
66
コツ
knack, skill, trick
67
チョキ
scissors (in rock paper scissors)
68
パー
paper (in rock paper scissors)
69
グー
rock (in rock paper scissors)
70
そっくり
1. all, altogether, entirely, completely
| 2. (plus な） exactly like, just like
71
ポイと
carelessly, conchalantly
72
イライラする
getting nervous, irritation
73
ワクワク
tremble, get nervous, excitedly, thrilled
74
ごちゃごちゃ
1. jumble, mix up 2. complaining about various things
75
のびのび と
feeling at ease, carefree
76
どんどん
rapidly, steadily
77
ガクガク
body trembling, teeth clattering, something coming loose
78
おどおど と
coweringly, hesitantly
79
トンガリ
pointy
80
ぼそぼそ
1. dry and crumbling
2. whispering, subdued
3. tasteless
81
ひらひら
1. flutter
| 2. flickering
82
みるみる
very fast, in a twinkle, before ones eyes
83
きょろきょろ
looking around restlessly
84
ぷっくり
puffed up, plump
85
おろおろ と
nervous, flustered, all shook up
86
うきうき と
cheerful, buoyant, cheery
87
サラサラ と
rustling
88
しょんぼり と
being downhearted, dejected, dispirited
89
ぱくぱく
flapping open and closed
90
バタバタ
1. flapping, rattling, noisily
| 2. commotion, kerfuffle
91
ぴったり
exactly, neatly, sharp
92
きっちり
punctually, on the dot, precisely
93
びっしょり
drenched, wet through
94
びしょびしょ
1. soaked, drenched, soppy
| 2. incessantly raining
95
じめじめ
1. damp and humid, sodden, clammy
| 2. gloomy, melancholy, depressing
96
カサカサ
dry
97
ドライ
dry
98
ごつごつ
rugged, scraggy
99
こっそり と
stealthily, secretly
100
ガラガラ
1. empty, bare, vacant, unoccupied
| 2. clattering, rattling
101
ポツポツ
bit by bit, piece by piece
102
ぽつん
isolated, standing alone
103
メロメロ
1. madly in love
| 2. falling down drunk
104
ペトペト
being sticky
105
ぼうっと
1. doing nothing, being stupefied, dazedly, blankly
| 2. dimly, hazily, faintly
106
ぺたり と
slapping on, flopping down
107
ぺちゃぺちゃ
1. chatter, prattle
| 2. sound of juicy food being bitten into
108
うっすら と
slightly, lightly, thinly, faintly
109
ぐったり と
completely exhausted, dead tired
110
べらべら
non-stop talking, chattering
111
ピンと
1. tensely, tightly
| 2. intuitively, instinctively
112
ガクンと
suddenly, with a jerk
113
ぴんぴん
hard, strong, throbbing, blaring
114
きゅっと
1. tightly, squeaking
| 2. all in one sweep (drinking)
115
どたどた
noisily (esp. noise of heavy feet)
116
ぐるぐる
turning round and round, going around in circles
117
ポキポキ
snap (twigs), crack (knuckles)
118
チクチク
prickle
119
ビクビク
being afraid of, being fearful, being timid, being nervous
120
ゴタゴタ
trouble, difficulties, confusion, complication
