More Japanese onomatopoeic expressions.

Jan 18, 2008 at 7:07 AM
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I was fortunate enough to study in Japan for a year and here are some others that I remember learning:
Waka Waka suru=excitement
Doki Doki suru=heartbeating
Tsuki Tsuki suru=headache
"Suru" is just the copula "to be"

There are tons of these but that's all I can remember at the moment.

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so- do you think they are arbitrary?

I certainly don't think they're arbitrary. When I said them aloud I could actually feel the meaning of each one. Especially tsuki tsuki; it seems to give me a headache if I say it with enough feeling.

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