| A | B |
|---|
| achi kochi | here and there |
| ban ban | plenty |
| bari bari | the sound of tearing (e.g.; paper); also used to describe being very busy. |
| bara bara | scattered |
| basa basa | unkempt hair |
| bashi bashi | the sound of smacking someone on the head |
| bera bera | chatting; rattling |
| bichi bichi | flopping; smacking |
| bishi | the sound of coming to attention; coming together; or getting into the proper order |
| boin boin | a well-endowed woman |
| boki boki | cracking a twig or one's knuckles |
| bo bo | the sound of a fire burning |
| boko boko | the sound of hitting something (someone) hard. |
| boro boro | the sound of a large object (like a barrel) rolling; also ragtag; or worn out |
| bura bura | staggering around |
| busu busu | the sound of stabbing |
| butsu butsu | mumbling; whispering |
| chika chika | flickering light (see pika pika) eyes tired from too much computer or TV |
| chaku chaku | steadily |
| choko choko | always moving around; toddling |
| deko bako | bumpy |
| doki doki | the sound of a heart beating fast from excitement (at one time Megumi Hayashibara had a radio program called ``Doki Doki Station'') |
| don don | building up of events; progression of events; little by little |
| dosun | the sound of something falling with a thud |
| dosun dosun | the sound of stomping |
| fusa fusa | a full and attractive head of hair |
| fuwa fuwa | fluffy; but also cozy; pleasant |
| gaku gaku | knees shaking in fear |
| gara gara | almost empty |
| gari gari | the sound of grinding or scraping |
| gasa gasa | dry; rough skin the sound of leaves or papers rustling |
| gata gata | trembling with cold (humans) vibrations |
| gatsu gatsu | hungrily; voraciously |
| gaya gaya | crowded |
| gera gera | loud laughter |
| gero gero | ``ribbit'' --- the sound a frog makes (in Card Captor Sakura a pun on gero gero is applied to Kero-chan's name) |
| giri giri | just barely; just in time; ``by the skin of one's teeth'' |
| gito gito | being oily |
| gocha gocha | the state of disorder common to apartments nagging |
| gohhon | the sound of someone sneezing |
| goshi goshi | the sound of washing clothes vigorously by hand |
| gucha gucha | soft and wet; an awful mess |
| guru guru | going around and around in circles |
| guzu guzu | lazily; slowly |
| guu guu | the sound of snoring; also the sound of stomach rumbles |
| gyaa gyaa | the sound of a tantrum |
| goro goro (boro boro/poro poro) | to laze about; the sound of an upset stomach; the loud rumble of lightning or an avalanche |
| iyo iyo | more and more (at last) |
| jime jime | clamminess |
| jiku jiku | oozing |
| jiro jiro | to stare |
| kacha kacha/kata kata | the sound of small things clattering |
| kan kan | very angry |
| kara kara | very dry |
| kari kari | the sound of someone scratching their head in puzzlement |
| kera kera/keta keta | laughter |
| kira kira | glitter and sparkle |
| kokekokko | cock-a-doodle-doo |
| kowa kowa | From kowai; scared. An expression of being scared. |
| kusu kusu | giggling |
| kuyo kuyo | worry about; mope; brood |
| kyoro kyoro | looking around restlessly |
| mago mago | confused |
| masu masu | more or less; increasing |
| mecha mecha | messed up; illogical; unreasonable |
| meki meki | the state of making rapid progress |
| mera mera | the sound/state of a fire blazing u |
| pmeso meso | sobbing; sniffling |
| miin miin | cicada |
| mishi mishi | the sound of creaking |
| mogu mogu | the sound of eating (perhaps the source of the name of the character Mogglemoggle in Dokkoidar; or at least the source of one of the ways his superior mis-remembers his name). |
| mori mori | doing something willlingly |
| moto moto | originally; by nature; from the start |
| mou mou | the sound a cow makes |
| muka muka | a sound someone makes when they are disgusted |
| niko niko | smiling |
| nita nita | smirking |
| niya niya | grinning |
| nyao | the sound a cat makes |
| pachi pachi | clapping hands |
| paku paku | eat in big mouth fulls; take big bites |
| pan pan | pounding (see pon pon); also; a full stomach |
| pecha kucha | chattering |
| peko peko | to be very hungry |
| pera pera | fluent in a language (pera pera appears in a joke in Azumanga Daioh: a foreigner approaches Nyamo-sensei and Yukari-sensei and tries to talk to them. His speech consists solely of "Pera pera" repeated over and over again). |
| pero pero | licking (e.g.; lollipops). Perhaps the origin of the name of the Miyazawa dog in Kare Kano? |
| pichi pichi | the state of being young; fresh; vigorous |
| pii pii pii | whining; puling (also used to describe bird-song) |
| pika pika | glitter; twinkle (spic and span) |
| piku piku | twitching |
| piyo piyo | chirping of small birds |
| pocha pocha | splash in water |
| poka poka | the state of being nice and warm |
| pon pon | the sound of drumming. The Takahata film ``Pon Poko'' is named after the sound that tanuki are said to make by drumming on their rotund stomaches. |
| poro poro (goro goro/boro boro) | the sound of small objects (pebbles; raindrops) rolling down. In the title of Takahata's film Omohide poro poro it is memories that roll down like raindrops. |
| potsu potsu | the state of small drops falling sporadically |
| pun pun | A strong smell. Also an expression of anger; like saying "boo; hiss" (or; I suppose; "This stinks!"). |
| raku raku | easily |
| riin | the sound/state of someone staring |
| saga saga | the state of being sarcastic |
| shiku shiku | the sound one makes when crying |
| tama tama | unexpectedly |
| teka teka | greasy hair |
| ten ten | like dots |
| ton ton (pon pon) | the sound of someone knocking on the door |
| tsuru tsuru | slippery; smoth |
| tsuya tsuya | glossy |
| uro uro | stumble |
| wai wai | noisy exhuberance |
| wan wan | the sound a dog makes |
| zuki zuki | a painful condition |
