The T-Files


Sun, 12 Jul 2009

Japanese Onomatopoeia 101

Kai has a picture book explaining the sounds that things make in Japanese.

  • A car goes boo-boo-boo-boo.
  • The dog barks wan-wan-wan-wan.
  • Water from a tap runs jaa-jaa-jaa.
  • Papers rips like bili-bili-bili-bili-bili-bili.
  • The vacuum cleaner goes buiin-buiin-buiin.
  • A rooster cries kokekokkoooo.
  • A railroad crossing (weird choice when one is limited to eleven pages) goes kan-kan-kan-kan.
  • Babies from time to time go aan-aaan-aaaan-aaaaan.
  • Airplanes make boon-boon-boon-boon.
  • The cat meows nyan-nyan-nyan-nyan.
  • A trumpet sounds puppuuu-puppuuu-puppuuu.