Japanese Lesson - Onomatopoeia

A grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing.
[How to read hiragana and katagana]

グラグラッ shaking
ガチャン broken
ガタン crashing
ミシミシ creaking
コチコチ ticking
チュキチュキ cutting
ガヤガヤ noising
グラグラ laughing
バリバリ eating
ハーハー laughing
ボーボー burning
ガーガー nagging
ゴーゴー waterfall

to discribe
チクッと stung
プツッと snapped
ポロッと tear burst
ペラペラ speaking fluently
パクパク gobbling food
うろうろ hanging around
じろじろ staring
どんどん repeating
ぴかぴか shining
こちこち frozen
つるつる slippery
じめじめ sticky
カラッ dashed
パサパサ dry
しっとり smooth and moisturized
ふらふら barely open eyes
ぐずぐず dilly-dallying
おどおど on edge
ぐんぐん remarkably
こっそり slipped
にっこり nice smile
たっぷり alot
ぴったり exactly

feeling (感じ)
びくびく panick
ドキッと shocked
ドサッと suddenly
どきどき nervoused
いらいら excited
くたくた exhausted
しょんぼり upset

light > Serious (淡い > 重い)
トントン 》 ドンドン steping > knocking
コロコロ 》 ゴロゴロ rolling > storming
ポキット 》 ボキット crack > break
シトシト 》 ザーザー raining
すやすや 》 ぐっすり kids > adult asleep

Animal cries (動物のなき声)
ニヤーニヤー cat
ワンワン dog
コクコッコー roosters
モーモー cow
メーメー goat
チューチュー mice
ホーホクキュ warbler
カーカー crow

Special sound (特段の音)
はっと sign of shock
ほっと sign of relief
どっと suddenly
すっと relief
じっと staring

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