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<entry id="2346637" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2085650</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>カランコロン</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>からんころん</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>カラコロ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>からころ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
<gloss>clip-clop (esp. of geta)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<stagr>カランコロン</stagr>
<stagr>からんころん</stagr>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
<gloss>jingle-jangle (esp. of an old-fashioned shop doorbell)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
<gloss>clink-clink (e.g. of metal on glass)</gloss>
<gloss>clink-clank</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2006-06-04 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-10-13 05:32:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>merging in からんころん</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj, daij, gg5, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -7,0 +7,9 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;からんころん&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;カラコロ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;カランコロン&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -8,2 +17,6 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;clip-clop&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1185780"&gt;下駄&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1185780"&gt;下駄・1&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;clip-clop (esp. of geta)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-10-13 21:51:47" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-07-27 11:18:58" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Leaning toward a split of カランコロン and カラコロ...

I've conversed with 4 different native speakers on this.  The geta use is fine.  Reading a book called コーヒーが冷めない内 that takes place in an old-timey kissaten. The coming and going of guests is always punctuated by one line "カランコロン" with no surrounding explanation whatsoever.

Daijs specifically highlights the sound of opening and closing a door. This detail is essential. This applies only to brass bells on a string that clank when opening a door.  It would not be used for an electronic chime.  It evokes a sense of nostalgia.

[3] is not in daijs, but is asserted strongly by chatgpt, and there is a *spectacular* video demo of カラコロ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kAc0E49kao

With native speakers, カランコロン was far more recognizable both for geta and shop-bells(better said, カラコロ was unrecognizable). I think the entries could reasonably be split.  In particular, カランコロン has a restr on "shop-doorbell", but NOT the corresponding sound. With a split [2] and [3] could be one sense, but but shop doorbells would not be mentioned for カラコロ.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>[2] was always in daijs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%82%93%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%82%93-1996200#:~:text=%EF%BC%91%20%E4%B8%8B%E9%A7%84%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A9%E3%81%A7%E5%9B%BA%E3%81%84,%E3%81%AE%E9%9F%B3%E3%82%92%E8%A1%A8%E3%81%99%E8%AA%9E%E3%80%82

2 ドアに取り付けられたチャイム・ベルなどが、開閉時に鳴るときの音を表す語。


Reordered with カランコロン leading. I don't think カランコロン and カラコロ should be mixed as if they are interchangeable... 
からころ	9301	17.6%
からんころん	5487	10.4%
カラコロ	17087	32.4%
カランコロン	20829	39.5%</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5 +5 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;からころ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;カランコロン&lt;/reb&gt;
@@ -14 +14 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;カランコロン&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;からころ&lt;/reb&gt;
@@ -20,0 +21,15 @@
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;stagr&gt;カランコロン&lt;/stagr&gt;
+&lt;stagr&gt;からんころん&lt;/stagr&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;jingle-jangle (esp. of an old-fashioned shop doorbell)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;clink-clink (e.g. of metal on glass)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;clink-clank&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-17 02:35:39" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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