日本語Onomatopedia

Welcome to Japanese onomatopoeia online dictionary "onomatopedia"!

This dictionary provides various example sentences of onomatopoeias, collected automatically from web sites, blogs and other sources. You can also find examples sentences listed by onomatopoeia's first character by selecting the left icon.
Because we collect sentences automatically by computer program, you may sometimes find strange expressions. We are working on it, so please turn a blind eye to it for this moment.
Developed by: Watanabe laboratory, Ochanomizu university

This project is a part of "Japanese onomatopoeia online dictionary in Folksonomy model which involves native speakers and learners of Japanese" for the 2007 IPA Next-Generation Software Development Project second session .
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Some onomatopoeias provided in the dictionary

(we chose these onomatopoeias randomly, so if what you are looking for is not on the list,click refresh to reload the page)
ポリポリ - poripori(194) しとしと - shitoshito(166) さらさら - sarasara(617) ちまちま - chimachima(569) びっくり - bitkuri(3045) きんきら - ra(310) ごっそり - gotsori(438) ぽかぽか - pokapoka(1512) なでなで - nadenade(13) そろりそろり - sororisorori(34) てんてん - tenten(184) からから - karakara(445) にょろにょろ - nyoro(69) フンニャ - (1) ちょこまか - chokomaka(1) へろへろ - roro(282) のっそり - notsori(92) ずっしり - zutshiri(658) のろのろ - noronoro(711) ひゅるひゅる - ru(124) がたがた - gatagata(1) たじたじ - tajitaji(178) うようよ - uyouyo(203) くんくん - kunkun(72) ざっくばらん - zatkubaran(1) げーげー - (2) ぼかすか - ka(76) きっぱり - kitpari(1) ひやっ - yat(167) しくしく - shikushiku(233) ぷはー - puha(23) しみじみ - shimijimi(342) さばさば - sabasaba(1) すらすら - surasura(1) ちゃかちゃか - chaka(314) わっ - wat(450) ぽこぽこ - ko(1) ちびりちびり - chibirichibiri(231) わーい - wai(90) わいわい - waiwai(18) ごろり - ri(1) もぐもぐ - mogumogu(60) がくがく - gakugaku(1) ハキハキ - hakihaki(55) どきどき - dokidoki(96) ばたんきゅー - (9) ぎとぎと - to(37) びしょびしょ - bishobyo(473) んしょ - nsho(49) ちくたく - taku(1) ぶらぶら - burabura(36)

Some verbs used with onomatopoeia(search by verb)

楽しむ(28) 待つ(6) 疲れる(12) 受ける(7) 仕上がる(7) かかる(14) 呑む(5) 降る(20) 守る(6) 泳ぐ(15) 痩せる(5) 照らす(7) 怒る(8) めざす(4) 住む(4) 喋る(6) 目立つ(7) 選ぶ(6) 舞い降りる(4) 止める(9) 変わる(19) 削る(8) つくる(7) 行く(50) 壊れる(4) 微笑む(5) 見つめる(6) 引く(10) のく(4) 着く(7) 固まる(8) 脱ぐ(8) 飾る(6) 塗る(13) く(29) 丸める(4) 変える(12) 舞う(11) 握る(7) 炒める(4) 止まる(8) 目指す(9) わかる(23) 入る(53) 回す(12) 引っ張る(9) かける(29) 見守る(4) 萌える(9) ぼる(8) なでる(7)