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コロコロ [ichi1] ；ころころ；ころんころん；コロンコロン [sk]

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ (rolling) along
▶ (rolling) over and over

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2702070 シロコロ 1. grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants)

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell)
▶ (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone
▶ merrily

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.)
▶ constantly
▶ often
▶ always

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ (losing) all too easily
▶ (being defeated) one after another
▶ in quick succession

[adv,adv-to,vs] [on-mim]
▶ chubby (and cute)
▶ plump
▶ round

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ chirping (of insects)

[adv,adv-to] [on-mim]
▶ croaking (of a frog)
▶ ribbit ribbit

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1048240 ケロケロ 1. croaking (of a frog); ribbit ribbit

(コロコロ,ころころ only) [n] [on-mim]
▶ roller
▶ lint roller
▶ paint roller

Conjugations

History:

24.	A 2025-11-23 04:59:46 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Thanks. Reindexed one sentence.
23.	A* 2025-11-23 00:21:30 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog, wisdom, daij, meikyo
	Comments:	Big tidy-up.
	Diff:	@@ -19,23 +19,34 @@ -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> -<misc>&on-mim;</misc> -<gloss>lightly rolling (of a small and round thing)</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> -<misc>&on-mim;</misc> -<gloss>pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter)</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> -<misc>&on-mim;</misc> -<gloss>changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans)</gloss> -<gloss>(occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated)</gloss> -<gloss>fickly</gloss> -<gloss>in a fickle manner</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>(rolling) along</gloss> +<gloss>(rolling) over and over</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell)</gloss> +<gloss>(laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone</gloss> +<gloss>merrily</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>(changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>constantly</gloss> +<gloss>often</gloss> +<gloss>always</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>(losing) all too easily</gloss> +<gloss>(being defeated) one after another</gloss> +<gloss>in quick succession</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -44,12 +55,13 @@ -<gloss>chubby</gloss> -<gloss>rounded</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> -<misc>&on-mim;</misc> -<gloss>chirp chirp (sound of insects)</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adv-to;</pos> -<pos>&adv;</pos> +<gloss>chubby (and cute)</gloss> +<gloss>plump</gloss> +<gloss>round</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>chirping (of insects)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -58,2 +70,2 @@ -<gloss>ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)</gloss> -<gloss>croak croak</gloss> +<gloss>croaking (of a frog)</gloss> +<gloss>ribbit ribbit</gloss>
22.	A 2024-12-01 23:53:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Hmm, on reflection, I think I'm back agreeing with Marcus.
	Diff:	@@ -59,0 +60,9 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<stagr>コロコロ</stagr> +<stagr>ころころ</stagr> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>roller</gloss> +<gloss>lint roller</gloss> +<gloss>paint roller</gloss>
21.	A* 2024-12-01 22:44:30 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	コロコロ 895768 62.2% ころころ 512867 35.6% ころんころん 16554 1.1% rk? コロンコロン 14357 1.0%
	Comments:	Again, I don't think that sense should be split out. If "Apple" were normally written lower case and had become genericized then yes, I think including it in the fruit entry would have made sense.
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
20.	A 2024-12-01 20:14:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Splitting off that sense.
	Diff:	@@ -59,9 +58,0 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<stagr>コロコロ</stagr> -<stagr>ころころ</stagr> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<misc>&on-mim;</misc> -<gloss>roller</gloss> -<gloss>lint roller</gloss> -<gloss>paint roller</gloss>
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19.	A* 2024-11-04 15:18:52 parfait8
	Comments:	removing [vs] and changing sense 4 as i said in my previous comment i still don't think it makes sense to have sense 7 here just because of shared etymology, esp. as it's a trademark it's a bit like having "Apple (company)" in a "apple (fruit)" entry and it's even more awkward since it's under many senses and has restrictions
	Diff:	@@ -20 +19,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -27 +25,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -34 +31,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -46 +43,2 @@ -<gloss>roly-poly</gloss> +<gloss>chubby</gloss> +<gloss>rounded</gloss>
18.	A 2024-10-30 10:32:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'd leave it the way it is. Works OK.
17.	A* 2024-10-30 10:14:24 Marcus Richert
	Comments:	I don't think it sense 7 should be split out. It shares etymology with the other senses. Jmdict and kokugos too frequently have these types of senses with different PoS in the same entry.
16.	A* 2024-10-30 08:04:36 parfait8
	Comments:	looking at my refs only 4th sense/"roly-poly" (which i had to google, seems bit of an unorthodox translation for what kokugos describe as "being rounded/chubby") is [vs] (smk, iwakoku, shinkoku, examples in sankoku, meikyo, daijr/s, etc.) my refs have 2nd sense much lower maybe sense 5 and 6 could be combined? i think sense 7 here looks a bit out of place, would be less confusing if split out
15.	A 2024-08-06 20:08:46 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ コロコロと　　 │ 101,618 │ 66.2% │ │ ころころと　　 │ 46,953 │ 30.6% │ │ ころんころんと │ 1,376 │ 0.9% │ │ コロンコロンと │ 3,514 │ 2.3% │ ╰─ーーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
	Comments:	Moving the [ichi1] tag to the first form.
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +6 @@ +<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri> @@ -9 +9,0 @@ -<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
14.	A 2021-06-23 11:57:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
13.	A* 2021-06-23 07:12:05 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -52,2 +52 @@ -<gloss>chirp chirp</gloss> -<gloss g_type="expl">sound of insects</gloss> +<gloss>chirp chirp (sound of insects)</gloss> @@ -60 +59 @@ -<gloss>ribbit ribbit</gloss> +<gloss>ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)</gloss> @@ -62 +60,0 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">sound of frogs</gloss>
12.	A 2021-06-23 05:27:36 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	コロンコロン 14357
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@ +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>コロンコロン</reb>
11.	A* 2021-06-23 04:44:59 Opencooper
	Refs:	G n-grams: ころころ 512867 コロコロ 895768 ころんころん 16554 ころころと 46953 コロコロと 101618 ころころ転がる 2859 コロコロ転がる 8089 ころころ変わる 38773 コロコロ変わる 73816
	Diff:	@@ -4,0 +5,3 @@ +<reb>コロコロ</reb> +</r_ele> +<r_ele> @@ -7,3 +9,0 @@ -</r_ele> -<r_ele> -<reb>コロコロ</reb> @@ -61,0 +62 @@ +<stagr>コロコロ</stagr> @@ -63 +63,0 @@ -<stagr>コロコロ</stagr>
10.	A 2017-04-08 15:01:04 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -48 +47,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -56 +54,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos>
9.	A* 2017-04-08 06:12:59 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -56,0 +57,2 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1048240">ケロケロ</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1048240">ケロケロ</xref> @@ -59,0 +62 @@ +<gloss g_type="expl">sound of frogs</gloss>
8.	A 2013-09-25 14:24:07 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2013-09-24 04:46:40 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://akazawamitsuishi.blog59.fc2.com/blog-entry-1719.html apparently a genericised trademark
	Diff:	@@ -66,1 +66,2 @@ -<gloss>roller< lint roller</gloss> +<gloss>roller</gloss> +<gloss>lint roller</gloss>
6.	A* 2013-09-23 00:18:53 Marcus Richert
	Diff:	@@ -66,1 +66,2 @@ -<gloss>lint roller</gloss> +<gloss>roller< lint roller</gloss> +<gloss>paint roller</gloss>
5.	A* 2013-09-22 10:19:33 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google images
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@ +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>コロコロ</reb> @@ -58,0 +61,7 @@ +<sense> +<stagr>ころころ</stagr> +<stagr>コロコロ</stagr> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>lint roller</gloss> +</sense>
4.	A 2012-09-26 05:35:52 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	meikyo, etc.
	Comments:	not a noun
	Diff:	@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -16,1 +16,1 @@ -<gloss>small and round thing rolling lightly</gloss> +<gloss>lightly rolling (of a small and round thing)</gloss> @@ -20,1 +20,1 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -27,1 +27,1 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -36,0 +36,1 @@ +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -37,1 +38,0 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -44,1 +44,1 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -52,1 +52,1 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos>
3.	A* 2012-09-24 15:40:38 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Comments:	Add ころんころん (basically heavier version) (saw in manga for cubes rolling). Could potentially put as separate entry, but only slight nuance (we have these merged for からころ／からんころん for instance).
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@ +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>ころんころん</reb>
2.	A 2012-09-06 12:10:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Most of the "expl" are quite superfluous.
	Diff:	@@ -38,1 +38,0 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">something full and round (e.g. plump puppy)</gloss> @@ -46,1 +45,1 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">sound of insects (e.g. crickets)</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">sound of insects</gloss> @@ -55,1 +54,0 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">sound of frog's croaking</gloss>
1.	A* 2012-08-29 16:05:38 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5 daijr koj
	Comments:	* Add more senses: roly-poly (puppy), insects chirping, frog croaking. * [adv-to] – takes optional と (as per daijr and Google searches, e.g., "ころころと変わる") * examples and slight wording Dicts differ on how they sort the sound effects: GG5 separates out insects chirping, daijr separates out frogs croaking, etc. In English these are separate and have specific sounds, so seems clearer to have them separate (frogs ribbit or croak, insects chirp, and these are separate from bells ringing etc.). Several dicts give the “sumo wrestlers being defeated”, which seems a fixed use (understandable given sequence of bouts).
	Diff:	@@ -9,1 +9,1 @@ -<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -13,1 +13,18 @@ -<gloss>small and round thing rolling</gloss> +<gloss>small and round thing rolling lightly</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans)</gloss> +<gloss>(occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated)</gloss> +<gloss>fickly</gloss> +<gloss>in a fickle manner</gloss> @@ -19,1 +36,3 @@ -<gloss>pleasant, high-pitched sound</gloss> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>roly-poly</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">something full and round (e.g. plump puppy)</gloss> @@ -22,1 +41,1 @@ -<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> @@ -25,2 +44,12 @@ -<gloss>something that changes frequently</gloss> -<gloss>something fickle</gloss> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>chirp chirp</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">sound of insects (e.g. crickets)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv-to;</pos> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<misc>&on-mim;</misc> +<gloss>ribbit ribbit</gloss> +<gloss>croak croak</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">sound of frog's croaking</gloss>

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