Study Set: Mimetic Words

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Mimetic Words

Big bad mimetic words list. Not comprehensive.

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153 entries — Created by Derrick W. — Last modified: 2015-01-15 10:02:58

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 うんざり • tedious, boring, being fed up with

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

② しんと • silent (as the grave), deadly silent

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

① 区々【まちまち】 • several, various, divergent, conflicting, different, diverse

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

ぐにゃぐにゃ • flabby, limp, soft, flexible

ぐんぐん • steadily

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

さばさば • relief, candid

さめざめ • sorrowfully, anguishedly

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

じりじり • running out of patience, slowly approaching, scorching sun, sound of alarm bell

すらり • ① long, slender and well-proportioned ② smooth, continuous (movement)

ずかずか • making rude entrance

ずきずき • throbbing pain, heartbreakingly

ずけずけ • bluntly

せかせか • impetuously, hastily

そわそわ • fidgety, restless, nervous, uneasy

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

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

とぼとぼ • totteringly, trudgingly

とんとん • tap, rap-tap, tapping

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

どやどや • sound of many footsteps

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

ひょいと • by chance, suddenly, accidentally, with agility

ひらひら • flutter

びくびく • being afraid of, being fearful, being timid, being nervous

びしょびしょ • saturated, wet through

ぴんぴん • lively

ふらっと • aimlessly, by chance, accidentally, casually, suddenly, unexpectantly

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

ぽかん • ① vacantly, blankly, absentmindedly ② openmouthed, with one's mouth wide-open, gaping, flabbergasted ③ with a whack, with a thump

まざまざ • plainly, clearly, vividly

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

やきもき • impatient, worry about

よろよろ • unsteady on its feet, tottering

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

チクチク • type of prickling pain, prick, prickle

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

あたふた • in a hurry, hastily, in feverish haste

カスカス • ① couscous ② cuscus (variety of phalanger)

ありあり • distinct, clear, vivid

がらり • ① entirely, suddenly, completely, rudely ② window louvre

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

ごしごし • scrubbing, rubbing briskly, rasping

すらっと • slender, slim

ちらほら • here and there, now and then, in twos and threes

どぎまぎ • flurried, in a flutter, upset, nervous

どんより • ① heavy, leaden, dull ② glazed (eyes)

ぽつり • ① isolated, standing alone ② falling in drops (e.g. rain) ③ sighing (when saying something)

どたどた • noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

かんかん • ① anger, flare-up ② intense heat ③ clanging noise

ふんわり • gently, airily, fluffily

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

うかうか • carelessly, inattentively

落ち落ち【おちおち】 • quietly, calmly

おずおず • timidly, nervously, with nervous diffidence, trembling with fear

ぬけぬけ • freely, impudently, brazenly, shamelessly, however one wishes

ぎゅうぎゅう • packing in tightly, creaking leather, door, etc.

すいすい • (swim, work) smoothly, unhindered

ねちねち • sticky, persistent

ぶうぶう • ① bugling sound, honking, oinking ② grumbling, complaining ③ car, automobile

ほれぼれ • fondly, charming

齷齪【あくせく】 • fussily, busily, sedulously, worrying about (small things)

ほとほと • quite (usu. negative connotation), utterly, really

スカスカ • ① hollow ② sharply, cleanly (of cutting) ③ smoothly