Japanese mimetics – the sounds in manga and anime
Words that imitate sound and state – what they mean and what 濁点 does to them.
- Painずきずき, ちくちく, ひりひり, がんがん, きりきり, しくしく, ちかちか
- Shivering, trembling and dizzinessくらくら, ぐらぐら, びりびり, ぶるぶる, がくがく, じんじん, ぞくぞく, ひくひく
- Tiredness and sleepくたくた, へとへと, うとうと, すやすや, よろよろ, ぱんぱん
- Body and feelingぺこぺこ, ぽかぽか, むかむか, むずむず, かっか, ぬくぬく, ぶよぶよ
- Voicing pairs: き–しきらきら, ぎらぎら, くしゃくしゃ, ぐしゃぐしゃ, くるくる, ぐるぐる, さらさら, ざらざら…
- Voicing pairs: た–ほたらたら, だらだら, とろとろ, どろどろ, はらはら, ばらばら, ほろほろ, ぼろぼろ
- Sound pairs: the か rowがさがさ, がたがた, かちかち, がちがち, かちゃかちゃ, がちゃがちゃ, からから, がらがら…
- Sound pairs: こ–とこそこそ, ごそごそ, ころころ, ごろごろ, さわさわ, ざわざわ, しゃりしゃり, じゃりじゃり…
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