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September 24, 2009
Japanomatopoeia
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 ぴんぴん Meaning: Used when someone such as an elderly person seems hale and hearty Example: うちのおじいさんは90歳だが、まだぴんぴんしている; Uchi no ojiisan wa 90-sai da ga, mada pinpin shiteiru; My granddad is 90, but he’s still really chipper Source: Giongo/Gitaigo: A Practical Guide to Mimetic Expressions Through Pictures, by Akutsu Satoru […]
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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009
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Illustration by Kohji Shiiki
ぴんぴん
Meaning: Used when someone such as an elderly person seems hale and hearty
Example: うちのおじいさんは90歳だが、まだぴんぴんしている; Uchi no ojiisan wa 90-sai da ga, mada pinpin shiteiru; My granddad is 90, but he’s still really chipper
Source: Giongo/Gitaigo: A Practical Guide to Mimetic Expressions Through Pictures, by Akutsu Satoru (ALC Shuppan, 1994)