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Learn Japanese easily! 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 article 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 article is your one stop source for getting in-depth with Japanese onomatopoeia.

Vocabulary: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases:

watashi - "I" (personal pronoun)
hon - "book"
peeji - "page"
mekuru - "to turn" (pages of a book, verb 1)
ame - "rain"
furu - "to fall" (precipitate)
zasshi - "journal, magazine, periodical"
sakura - "cherry blossoms"
boku - "I" (masculine)
saku - "to bloom"

Grammar: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases:

Today's article introduces a type of onomatopoeia that works in both sound and non-sound senses. We can use this type of onomatopoeia to refer to the imitation of a sound and to describe an appearance or action that has no sound.

Today's target onomatopoeia is parapara.

Sample Sentences:

Explanation

It represents the sound made when a small amount of cubic objects, such as rain, are falling down or when people turn over a page quickly. In addition, it can indicate the state of things or people being here and there, and can also represent the action or appearance of someone who is skimming through a book. When you say, ame ga parapara to futte iru, you use parapara as a sound imitating word. However, it can also indicate "scattered rain." When you say, sakura ga parapara to saite iru, parapara is not a sound imitating word, but indicates "here and there."

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