擬音語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	音	語
ぎ Grade: S	おん Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

擬音語 (hiragana ぎおんご, rōmaji giongo)

(grammar) an onomatopoeic word, a word that sounds like the sound that it represents; onomatopoeia

See also

擬態語 (ぎたいご) (gitaigo, “ideophone”)
擬 (ぎ)声 (せい)語 (ご) (giseigo)
擬 (ぎ)情 (じょう)語 (ご) (gijōgo)

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