Japanomatopoeia

Japanomatopoeia

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2010 えーんえーん een, een The loud crying of a child おいおい oi oi Loud crying, mainly of a man おぎゃあおぎゃあ ogyaa, ogyaa The crying of a baby しくしく shiku shiku The quiet crying of a woman or child めそめそ meso meso The whimpering of a crybaby Source: Giongo/Gitaigo: A […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2010

えーんえーん
een, een
The loud crying of a child

おいおい
oi oi
Loud crying, mainly of a man

おぎゃあおぎゃあ
ogyaa, ogyaa
The crying of a baby

しくしく
shiku shiku
The quiet crying of a woman or child

めそめそ
meso meso
The whimpering of a crybaby

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