Common Type Japanese Katakana Romaji Sound Meaning Example Sentence 1 Example Translation 1 Example Sentence 2 Example Translation

le Translation 1 Example Sentence 2 Example Translation 2 Example Sentence 3 Example Translation 3

My friend is late for our
meeting so I'm getting My mother gets irritated
O Feelings ira ira nervous, edgy, testy nervous. easily. You must not get upset.
Weather, Moyoko's eyes The diamond on the
Actions, sparkled when she saw bride's ringfinger
O Qualities kira kira sparkle, glitter, twinkle, shine The stars are twinkling. the ice cream. sparkled.
It's rude to stare at That man kept staring
O Actions jiro jiro stare, ogle, scrutinize Don't stare at me. people. at me.
Actions, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, gathering,
Feelings, swarming, successfully, one after The cold sent chills I was thrilled the I shivered when the
O Qualities zoku zoku another through me. moment I hit the lottery. monster came out.
I always watch Nico
Why don't you smile a Nico Douga before I go
O Actions niko niko smiling The baby smiled. little more? to bed.
Weather, The car got really shiny, The lighthouse's lamp Kaori is already a shiny
O Actions pika pika glitter, sparkle, flash, shine brightly huh? is flashing. new first year student.
Weather, soaked, drenched, sopping, I'm soaked from the Why are you sopping My shirt is drenched in
O Qualities bisho bisho incessantly, drizzling shower. wet? sweat.
The assembly hall was
enveloped in a tense The player was tense
O Feelings piri piri tingle, sting, nervous shivering My tongue is tingling. atmosphere. before the game.
Why do Japanese
Why did you give in like people bow in an
O Food, Actions peko peko hungry, groveling, fawning that? I'm starving. obsequious way?
Don't you think my
Girls that are a little The baby's chubby husband's getting a
O Qualities bocchari plump, chubby chubby are my type. hands are adorable. little chubby?

It was a really exciting It's been a long time so I might go to Japan and
O Feelings waku waku tremble, nervous(positive), excited movie. I'm nervous. I'm super excited.
I fell for her laughing,
Everyone laughed, smiling face at first Yuki laughed aloud with
O Human Sounds ahaha laughter, hahaha "Ahaha!" sight. an "Ahaha!"
I saw a cockroach and
I heard someone yell screamed The cat's fur stood on
O Human Sounds gyaa scream, yikes, ouch, eek "Ahh!" from a distance. unintentionally. end while it yowled.
The neighbors house
A clanging sound rang was very quiet and I
Sato put the phone on out from the storage didn't hear anything
O Actions kotori clack, clang the desk with a clack. room. clang either.
The section manager After the woman ...!! This is Mickey M...
cleared his throat with a coughed, she suddenly (cough), I mean, no it's
O Human Sounds gohon hacking cough cough. vomited blood. not, it's just a mouse!
That kid's always
O Human Sounds fuwaa yawn yawning. The skirt floated up. I yawned.
The potted plant was
Actions, My younger brother shut The book fell off the suddenly knocked over
O Qualities batan suddenly, thud the door with a thud. shelf with a thud. by the wind.
rattling, clattering, tremble, shiver, The earthquake rattled That player's already
O Actions gata gata grumble, shaky, complain, creaky the houses. complaining. This post is creaky.
My stomach's been
Koichi is fast asleep on grumbling for a while Who's snoring over
O Actions guu guu sleep soundly, snoring, grumbling the sofa. now. there?
Mikako gulped down the Dad drank the sake in ! ! Gulp! Gulp! Ahh!
O Actions gokku gulp, gulping spit. one gulp. ! Delicious!
lightly rolling, pleasant high-pitched He's always changing
Actions, sound, changing frequently, fickle, roly- The ring rolled on the what he says so I don't Today's poop was
O Qualities koro koro poly floor. trust him, small and round.
Actions, dull pain, crying and sniffling, sobbing, She's sobbing in her The wound gave off a My stomach panged
O Feelings shiku shiku weeping room. dull pain. with hunger.
They just finished
Actions, slippery, smooth, glossy, greasy, How can I get such waxing the floors, so The man slurped his
O Qualities tsuru tsuru slurping smooth skin? the hallway is slippery. soba.
Lately my heart's been
thump thump bang bang, throb, beat My heart was pounding racing when I climb
O Actions doki doki fast, flutter, pulsate the moment I met him. I'm nervous. several flights of stairs.
My goldfish often gulp
flapping your mouth open and closes, The man's mouth The kids are munching at the surface of tha
O Food, Actions paku paku eating heartily, yum yum, om nom nom flapped open and closed. on chips. water.

Actions, sticky, clingling, following around, all Ice cream melted on my After I peeled the I'm embarrassed of
O Qualities beta beta over hand and it got sticky. sticker off it was sticky. being clingy in public.
Common Type Japanese Katakana Romaji Sound Meaning Example Sentence 1 Example Translation 1 Example Sentence 2 Example Translation 2 Example Sentence 3 Example Translation 3
He started talking
I want to print it on fluently about his life's
Actions, Kristen is fluent in thicker paper, not flimsy story even though no
O Qualities pera pera fluently, flipping pages, thin, flimsy Japanese. paper. one heard it.

Rabbits munching on I let my grandmother My son munched on his
O Food, Actions mogu mogu yum yum, om nom nom, mumbling their food is so cute. mumble away. hamburger.
The TV was just
making static sounds I could hear the
Weather, The rain is pouring down from a black and white thundering of the
Actions zaa zaa rushing water, pouring rain, white noise outside. screen. waterfall.
Giveaway Bonus
Weather, thunder, rolling, rumbling, grumbling, My stomach's been I loaf around at home
Actions goro goro idle away, loaf around Thunder is rumbling. grumbling for a while. on holidays.

Actions, rustling, murmering, silky (hair), babble, The vegetables make The sand slipped
Qualities sara sara gurgle It's silky hair, isn't it? your blood smooth. through my fingertips.
The floor is sandy from My skin is rough from
Qualities zara zara rough, course, sandy, gritty It feels rough. the cloud of dust. being dry.
grinding, heavily, freely, tap tap, knock
Actions, knock, bang bang, dry, repetative I knocked on the The young woman has The hammer banged
Qualities kon kon cough restroom. a dry cough. against the nails.
When our child gets
The director beat the angry he bangs his The washing machine
Actions gon gon bang bang, clang clang desk with his fist. head against the wall. is clanging.
The sakura petals Tears fell in big drops
stream, flutter, falling rapidly, thrilling, What happened got me fluttered, dancing to the from my daughter's
Actions hara hara exciting excited. ground. eyes.
It seems that the
criminal from the messy
scattered, loose, disconnected, messy, murder case was I tried to take the watch
Qualities bara bara pieces, rustling Everyone scattered. caught. apart.
There are only house
Weather, in (large) drops, sprinkle, clatter, patter, I sprinkled the furikake scattered around this
The rain fell in large
Actions para para flipping through a book, crumbly over my meal. area. drops.
The young woman
Actions, rapidly, steadily, light, repetative Mom's steadily chopping I felt a tapping on my lightly tapped her way
Qualities ton ton striking, tap, tapping vegetables with a knife. shoulder from behind. up the stairs.
Actions, rapidly, steadily, strong, repetative Let's throw away things The man rudely kicked Fireworks shot up into
Qualities don don sound of hard things, drumming we don't need. at the car door. the sky.
Weather,
Actions, Mom was fuming with The alarm clanged
Qualities kan kan blazing, hot, intense heat, clang clang anger. It's blazing hot today. loudly.

piercing, shrill, high-pitched, sharp This beer is intensely My tooth is in piercing I'm worried about my
Actions kin kin metallic sound cold and it's delicious. pain from a cavity. shrill voice.
For some reason I I finished work and
I was relieved to hear always feel at ease finally breathed a sign
Feelings hotto relief, feeling relieved, relaxed, at ease that she sounded fine. when I drink hot cocoa. of relief.
My brother's been That man looks like That kid has the cutest
Actions musutto frowning, stern expression frowning since morning. he's always frowning. frowny face.
Weather, The starts flashed in the The man's eyes I feel something shining
Actions kirari quick flash of light, flash night sky. flashed. for you.
I peeled the boiled Goku munched up eight
The cat stuck it's tongue egg's shell off with a helping of gyoza in one
Actions beron sticking out your tongue out. pop. bite.