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Japanomatopoeia

Japanomatopoeia

Buru buru, baby

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2013

ぶるぶる

buru buru
The sound of a body shaking from cold (or fear)

ひえひえ

hie hie
Feeling chilly or cold

ごろごろ

goro goro
Sitting around idly—especially under a heated kotatsu

かさかさ

kasa, kasa
Dried out and rough like winter skin

がんがん

gan gan
A pounding headache

Source: Giongo/Gitaigo: A Practical Guide to Mimetic Expressions Through Pictures, by Akutsu Satoru (ALC Press Inc., 1994)

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