Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it means. Take chef here, he needs to wash up. But instead he is going to smash all the crockery in his kitchen. SMASH against the ceiling! That is ...
A wide range of onomatopoeia in the Japanese language, from noises made by animals to expressions of feelings, is explained by audio. Please click the "Listen" button and enjoy.
I stopped for a while and listened “sootto” (quietly) to their songs, wondering how many sounds were involved. A haiku composed by Takashi Matsumoto (1906-1956) goes: “Bell crickets have ...
“Womp womp” is an onamotapoeia of the sad trombone sound. Urban Dictionary defines it as the “noise of failure or mocking someone who’s experienced something inconvenient.” ...