<entry id="2225871" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2684720</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>ポトン</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぽとん</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ポトッ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぽとっ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ポテン</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぽてん</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ポトっ</reb>
<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2520900">ぽとり</xref>
<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
<gloss>with a plop</gloss>
<gloss>with a plonk</gloss>
<gloss>with a plunk</gloss>
<gloss>with a flop</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-02-20 09:39:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>? Do we want a separate ポトンと entry (with 〜と) ?
* Saw on taberogu (“plop an egg on top of oyako-don”)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 ジーニアス</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-02-20 09:42:46" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>(No changes – just note)

At a glance this seems esp. used for *small* objects falling (GG5 gives “an acorn falling”, and the taberogu use was a quail egg), but I’m not sure.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>英辞郎 （ポトン、ポトンと）</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-02-21 08:24:46" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not a separate entry.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>新和英中辞典, リーダーズ+プラス</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-03-12 07:19:54" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Paul Upchurch</upd_name>
<upd_refs>prog (ポトン)
Just saw 「ぽてんと落ちる」 used in a book referring to a hat falling (so it isn't just used for baseballs falling for a ぽてんヒット). It seems to be used the same as ポトン.
Google:
"ポテンと落ち" 12,800
"ぽてんと落ち" 4,400</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +10,6 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ポテン&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ぽてん&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -17,0 +23,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;flopping&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;plunking&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-03-13 08:00:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-03-27 14:06:01" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -21,0 +23 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-04-11 07:54:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>simplifying</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>prog</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -20,7 +21,3 @@
-&lt;/sense&gt;
-&lt;sense&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;on-mim;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;with a plop&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;flopping&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;plunking&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;plonk&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;plunk&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;flop&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-04-11 07:58:48" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>prog</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,9 @@
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ぽとっ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ポトっ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ポトッ&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-04-11 08:07:10" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>consistent ordering (katakana first)</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,3 +10,0 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;ぽとっ&lt;/reb&gt;
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
@@ -17,0 +15,3 @@
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ぽとっ&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-04-11 09:19:22" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-20 12:31:36" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not a noun.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>ポトンと	8,854	38.5%	
ぽとんと	2,864	12.4%	
ポトっと	2,220	9.6%	
ポトッと	4,911	21.3%	
ぽとっと	2,143	9.3%	
ポテンと	1,203	5.2%	
ぽてんと	822	3.6%
---	
ポトリと	19,076	
ぽとりと	9,881</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -9,3 +8,0 @@
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;ポトっ&lt;/reb&gt;
@@ -24,0 +22,4 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ポトっ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_inf&gt;&amp;sk;&lt;/re_inf&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -27 +28 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2520900"&gt;ぽとり&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;plop&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;plonk&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;plunk&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;flop&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;with a plop&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;with a plonk&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;with a plunk&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;with a flop&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-20 19:49:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>