Japanese Onomatopoeia and Mimetic Words by Onomato Project
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The first set of Japanese Onomatopoeia and Mimetic words from http://onomatoproject.com uploaded directly by the author.
Sample Data
| Romaji | jitto |
| Katakana | ジッと |
| Hiragana | じっと |
| English Sentence | Mother: Sit still during your meal.Daughter: But I hate natto! |
| Definition | motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think) |
| Romaji Sentence | Okaasan: Gohan no toki ha ______ shiteinasai.Musume: Datte natto ga kirain da mon. |
| Japanese Sentence | お母かあさん： ご飯はんのときは______していなさい。 娘むすめ： だって納豆なっとが嫌きいなんだもん。 |
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| Romaji | dossari |
| Katakana | ドッサリ |
| Hiragana | どっさり |
| English Sentence | Tanaka: Want to go for a drink tonight?Ueda: Sorry, I can't. I've got a shit ton of work left to do tonight. |
| Definition | lot of; heaps |
| Romaji Sentence | Tanaka: Konya nomi ni ikanai?Ueda: Iya, konya ha shigoto ga ______ nokotteru kara muri da. |
| Japanese Sentence | 田中たなか： 今夜こんや飲のみに行いかない？上田うえだ： いや、今夜こんやは仕事しごとが______残のこってるから無理むりだ。 |
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| Romaji | katto |
| Katakana | カッと |
| Hiragana | かっと |
| English Sentence | When I went to pull a prank on my friend who was nodding off, I was surprised when his eyes suddenly popped wide open. |
| Definition | (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; |
| Romaji Sentence | Inemuri shiteiru tomodachi ni itazura shiyou to shitara totsuzen me wo ______ aketa no de bikkuri shita. |
| Japanese Sentence | 居眠いねむりしている友達ともだちにいたずらしようとしたら突然とつぜん目を______開あけたのでびっくりした。 |
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