Nihongo no Tane 98 オノマトペ4 Onomatopoeia Part 4| Japanese Immersion podcast

Yumi continues her discussion on onomatopoeia in Japanese. Japanese use sound words and mimetic words far more frequently than in English. Learning how to use these words well will help improve your fluency.   KEY VOCABULARY: オノマトペ onomatopoeia ごちゃごちゃ messy; confused; chaotic 整理(せいり)されていない  not organized 状態(じょうたい) condition; state of things ペコペコ very hungry; starving ペラペラ fluent (speaking foreign languages); incessantly (speaking) 流暢(りゅうちょう)に fluent; flowing ゴロゴロする  roll about; idling about; thundering; purring ガタンゴトン clickety-clack 終点(しゅうてん) terminus; last stop (train) 川上(かわかみ) upstream ドンブラコドンブラコ effect of tumbling クンクン effect of sniffing ドドドド sound of something heavy moving rapidly グラグラ  wobbling; shaking; unsteadily ピキピキ snapping 豊富(ほうふ)に abundantly 身近(みぢか)に near at hand; near oneself   For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/ Take a quiz on this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/podcast-nihongonotane-98 If you are a Makoto+ member, you can find the transcript, English translation, key vocabulary, and a downloadable PDF for printing: https://MakotoPlus.com/podcast-nihongonotane-98-m -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with a complete transcript, translation, key vocabulary, and a downloadable PDF. www.MakotoPlus.com