Learn Japanese Fast Phrases — Daily Onomatopoeia: Japanese Sounds

Learn Japanese Fast Phrases — Daily Onomatopoeia: Japanese Sounds

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve come quite a long way towards fully mastering Japanese onomatopoeia. Great job! There’s more to learn, though. Did you know that some Japanese onomatopoeia don’t actually imitate sounds? This makes them quite different from their English counterparts. For example, when you talk about someone who is “leafing through a book” in Japanese, you are using onomatopoeia.

This Japanese lesson teaches you everything you need to know about non-sound imitating Japanese onomatopoeia. You’ll find a simple explanation about why they are different from sound imitating onomatopoeia and the right ways to use them. Just a few of the words you’ll find are parapara (“scattering rain”) and kachikachi (a clattering sound). This lesson is your one stop source for getting in-depth with Japanese onomatopoeia.

If you would like to find out more about these onomatopoeia words, go to: https://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/02/04/onomatopoeia-3-sound-and-nonsound-imitations/

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36 Comments

  1. @romanpr1nce on December 24, 2023 at 2:40 am

    @rdw2008 she belongs to no man >:C i love her



  2. @MidoriDad on December 24, 2023 at 2:42 am

    love the intro and outro music, is there a place to download it!?



  3. @alexander33345 on December 24, 2023 at 2:43 am

    @BloodTribute I am sure we have a different currency



  4. @romanpr1nce on December 24, 2023 at 2:43 am

    i wanna marry chikido ;_;



  5. @Mrkungfookaper on December 24, 2023 at 2:44 am

    second commentttttt yeahhhhh



  6. @wordzworth5th on December 24, 2023 at 2:46 am

    @googims I agree with you, her explanation of the Japanese language is easy to comprehend, but I must admit.. her "easy on the eyes" looks are not a negative either. Maybe her looks are what attracted me to the videos initially, but her explanations is what keep me coming back. I mean, you can only ogle at a woman for so long, before it gets boring. Plus I have my own Japanese beauty to ogle at. LOL



  7. @gammaray0wn on December 24, 2023 at 2:47 am

    BOOM



  8. @googims on December 24, 2023 at 2:48 am

    i love these videos and appreciate chihiro’s easy and memorable explanations of japanese. am i the only one on here who doesn’t watch these videos because of her looks? women are worth more than that you know.



  9. @gieltjejnssen on December 24, 2023 at 2:50 am

    I always kachikachi my pen.. my school neighbour isn’t very happy with me 🙂



  10. @ziomeksterys2275 on December 24, 2023 at 2:51 am

    Oh yeah, I ‘kachikachi’ my ‘pen’ sometimes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)



  11. @Awsomostmaximum on December 24, 2023 at 2:51 am

    I thought onomatopoeias were written in katakana…



  12. @addiekatt on December 24, 2023 at 2:54 am

    @googims of course you’re not the only one! I’m subscribed to learn Japanese 🙂 And I agree that women are worth more than that.



  13. @thebermudaI on December 24, 2023 at 2:54 am

    First comment? 😮



  14. @dalmain77 on December 24, 2023 at 2:57 am

    there are so many onomatopoeia words in the japanese language unlike english



  15. @Xandthatfriend on December 24, 2023 at 3:00 am

    @Zer0Zer00ne thats what i was thinking…



  16. @SirenoftheVoid on December 24, 2023 at 3:03 am

    yeah,sometimes 🙂



  17. @Nipponing on December 24, 2023 at 3:04 am

    Yeah I kachikachi my pen sometimes. XD

    I also LOVE parapara. ^^



  18. @joshuarawr on December 24, 2023 at 3:07 am

    <3 <3 <3 Chihiro 🙂 Yay for daily Onomatopoeia 😀



  19. @romanpr1nce on December 24, 2023 at 3:08 am

    @bawad01 i don’t care i wanna marry her



  20. @Vataliz on December 24, 2023 at 3:11 am

    sounds like …
    88888888? pachipachi??
    wwwwwwwww? warawara ??? thats all I know wwwwwwww



  21. @ca280491 on December 24, 2023 at 3:13 am

    i kachikachi my pen every day 😉



  22. @rdw2008 on December 24, 2023 at 3:16 am

    @romanpr1nce She’s mine man <.< lol



  23. @Caprican28 on December 24, 2023 at 3:21 am

    Hi I really enjoy the channel, and REALLY appreciate the daily lessons (wow!!) but I was wondering if possible could we get a male host a few times? I have been listening to the podcast and I understand there are segments on there but with the videos on here I am just a little worried of sounding like a female when I say the words. I have been listening to JapanesePod101 for at least 3 years now and again thanks, It has been wonderful watching the product change and get better and better 🙂



  24. @uberloss on December 24, 2023 at 3:23 am

    I kachikachi my pen all the time xD



  25. @Deadcat323 on December 24, 2023 at 3:27 am

    lol that was so cute



  26. @no100yang on December 24, 2023 at 3:28 am

    i kachikachi my ##*${@{# sometimes o-o :D! LOL!



  27. @HarriHaffi on December 24, 2023 at 3:29 am

    I kachikachi my pen a lot! That’s probably why I break so many pens…Kachikachi useful word for me!

    MVHH



  28. @alexander33345 on December 24, 2023 at 3:29 am

    LOL LOL
    monitor 70$
    keyboard 25$
    mouse 8 $
    Sexy asian women asking me if i kachichicachi my PEN PRICELESS!



  29. @Xandthatfriend on December 24, 2023 at 3:30 am

    its funny how its called Daily Onomatopoeia where shes wearing the same clothes yet the episode itself,comes every week…



  30. @rdw2008 on December 24, 2023 at 3:30 am

    @romanpr1nce we’ll see once I move to Japan >.> lol xD



  31. @benitofinito on December 24, 2023 at 3:30 am

    Your all wrong she’s mine!



  32. @EatCarbs on December 24, 2023 at 3:31 am

    Yes.. sometimes. 😛



  33. @ragnarox16 on December 24, 2023 at 3:33 am

    Why is it that Japanese Pod is so different from the other pods I follow?
    I like them both and I wish this one had they styles similar to the other pod in addition to having these quick demonstrations.



  34. @bawad01 on December 24, 2023 at 3:34 am

    @romanpr1nce it’s Chihiro



  35. @daedra40 on December 24, 2023 at 3:34 am

    The first time I came across the word onomatopoeia was through the Vsauce video about "bum(s)" in the English language. I would highly recommend that channel, should anyone be interested in learning virtually everything cool about the universe 😀



  36. @PyurTek on December 24, 2023 at 3:37 am

    I want the music so bad!