The Quirky World of Japanese: 擬態語・擬声語・擬音語: Sound and Action Words That Bring Language to Life

If you’ve ever tried learning Japanese, you might have stumbled across a fascinating aspect of the language that leaves many learners both amused and bewildered: words that that fall under various linguistic labels such as phenomimes and onomatopes. Phenomime: A word or phrase that mimics a certain physical form or motion  Onomatope:…

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