Study Set: Gitaigo & Giongo (mimetic)

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Gitaigo & Giongo (mimetic)

Consists of all words of the class 擬態語 or 擬音語 also commonly referred to as mimetic (and sometimes deceptively as onomatopoeia) that are tagged as priority in Jim Breen's Edict project.

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111 entries — Created by Sean M. — Last modified: 2013-01-29 08:48:39

⑤ もっと • (some) more, even more, longer, further

⑤ ゆっくり • slowly, at ease, restful

④ はっきり • clearly, plainly, distinctly

④ やっと • at last, at length

④ きっと • surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely (e.g. 90 percent)

④ びっくり • ① to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) ③ surprise

③ がっかり • feel disappointed, dejected, lose heart, feel emotionally drained, feel let down

③ きちんと • precisely, accurately, neatly

③ ぐっすり • sound asleep, fast asleep

③ こっそり • stealthily, secretly

③ さっさと • quickly

③ さっぱり • ① feeling refreshed, feeling relieved ② neat, trimmed ③ plain, simple ④ completely, entirely ⑤ not in the least (in sentence with negative verb), not at all ⑥ completely ignorant, not doing at all

③ ざっと • roughly, in round numbers

③ そっくり • all, altogether, entirely, just like, the spitting image of

③ そっと • softly, gently, quietly, secretly

③ たっぷり • full, in plenty, ample

③ どんどん • ① drumming (noise) ② rapidly, steadily

③ ぴったり • exactly, neatly, sharp

③ ぶつぶつ • ① grunt, grumble, complaint, mutter ② pimples, spots, eruption, rash ③ cutting into small pieces ④ simmering

③ ぼんやり • absent-minded, blockhead, dim, faint, vague

③ まあ • you might say, Oh!, Wow!, Well!

③ にっこり • smile sweetly, smile, grin

③ せっせと • diligently, assiduously

② うろうろ • loiteringly, aimless wandering

② すっきり • ① clearly, refreshed ② shapely, neatly, refinedly ③ cleanly, without trouble ④ clearly, plainly, distinctly ⑤ completely, thoroughly ⑥ not at all (with negative sentence), not even slightly

② すっと • straight, quickly, directly, all of a sudden, quietly, gently, softly

② のろのろ • slowly, sluggishly

② ぴかぴか • glitter, sparkle

① あっさり • easily, readily, quickly

① あべこべ • contrary, opposite, inverse

① あやふや • uncertain, vague, ambiguous

① おどおど • coweringly, hesitantly

① がっくり • heartbroken, crestfallen

① がっしり • firmly, solidly, tough

① きちっと • exactly, perfectly

① きっぱり • clearly, plainly, decisively, distinctly, flatly

① くっきり • distinctly, clearly, boldly

① じっくり • deliberately, carefully

① ずるずる • sound or act of dragging, loose, inconclusive but unwanted situation, trailingly

① だぶだぶ • loose, baggy

① ちらっと • at a glance, by accident

① ひょっと • possibly, accidentally

① びっしょり • wet through, drenched

① ふらふら • unsteady on one's feet, stagger, reel, totter, dizzy

① ぶかぶか • too big, baggy

① ぶらぶら • dangle heavily, swing, sway to and fro, aimlessly, idly, lazily, loiter, loaf, stroll idly

① ぺこぺこ • ① fawning, being obsequious, cringing ② being very hungry ③ giving in, being dented

① ほっと • feeling relieved, (sigh of) relief

① まごまご • confused

いそいそ • cheerfully, excitedly

うずうず • sorely tempted, itching to do something

うとうと • falling in a doze, dozing

おろおろ • nervous, flustered, in a dither, all shook up

かちかち • tick-tock, knocking (stones together), frozen solid, set rock hard, obstinate, scared stiff

がさがさ • rustling, dry or rough feeling

ガタガタ • rattle, clatter

がぶがぶ • gulping down, guzzling

きらきら • glitter, sparkle, glisten, twinkle

ぎざぎざ • jagged, notched, corrugated, milled, serrated

ぎゅっと • hard, tight(ly)

ぎょっと • being startled

ぎりぎり • ① at the last moment, just barely ② grinding sound

くしゃくしゃ • crumpled, disheveled, dishevelled, feel gloomy

くたくた • ① exhausted, tired ② withered, worn out ③ boiling until shapeless or mushy ④ tediously, repetitively, wordily

くどくど • tediously, repetitively

くよくよ • worry about, mope, brood over

くるくる • like a small spinning object, winding up a long string, etc.

ぐったり • completely exhausted, dead tired, limp, senseless

こちこち • dry, hard, puritanical, frightened

こつこつ • ① unflaggingly, steadily, untiringly, laboriously ② clicking, drumming

ころころ • ① small and round thing rolling ② pleasant, high-pitched sound ③ something that changes frequently, something fickle

さらさら • ① rustling, murmuring ② fluently ③ silky (hair)

しゃぶしゃぶ • ① shabu-shabu (thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce) ② sound of this dish being prepared

じめじめ • damp and humid, sodden, wet, clammy

すらすら • smoothly

ずきずき • throbbing pain, heartbreakingly

せかせか • impetuously, hastily

そわそわ • fidgety, restless, nervous, uneasy

ぞくぞく • shiver, feel chilly, shudder, thrill

たらたら • ① drop-by-drop, dribbling, in a trickle ② incessantly, in great profusion

ちぐはぐ • mismatched

ちらちら • fluttering, flickering, intermittently

つるつる • slippery, smooth

てくてく • trudgingly, going long way at steady pace

どきどき • throb, beat (fast)

どしどし • rapidly, constantly, one after the other, without hesitation, sound of tramping

どたばた • ① noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet) ② slapstick

どろどろ • syrupy, muddled

ニヤニヤ • grinning, broad grin, smirk

ばりばり • tearing, crunching (sound), work hard, actively

ひそひそ • whisperingly

ひっそり • quiet, still, silent, deserted

ひらひら • flutter

びしょびしょ • saturated, wet through

ぴんぴん • lively

ぶるぶる • shivering with cold or fear, shaking, trembling

べたべた • ① sticky ② all over ③ clinging (e.g. of a person), following around ④ cliched, hackneyed

むかむか • nausea, queasy, surge of anger

むっつり • ① sullenly, taciturnly, morosely, gloomily, silently ② taciturn person, uncommunicative person

めきめき • conspicuously

よろよろ • unsteady on its feet, tottering

わくわく • tremble, get nervous, excitedly, thrilled

ニコニコ • smile

ばたばた • ① flapping, rattling (sound), noisily, clattering noise ② commotion, kerfuffle

フワフワ • light, airy, fluffy

プンプン • ① intense smell (hanging around) ② state of being furious or angry

ポンポン • ① pompon, pompons, bobbles ② tummy, tumtum ③ bang-bang, pop-pop, tap-tap ④ without reservation, unreservedly, snappishly, outspokenly

ぐるっと • turning in a circle, going around, turning about, surrounding, encircling

ふんわり • gently, airily, fluffily

すっぽり • ① entirely, completely ② cleanly, snugly

びっくり • ① to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) ③ surprise