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チクタクチックタック
1. [adv,adv-to]
▶ tick-tock
▶ tick-tack
▶ [expl] sound of clock



History:
5. A 2016-06-23 01:38:10  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2016-06-22 07:39:38  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
If it is an English onomatopoetic word that has been borrowed into Japanese, then I suppose it should not have the [on-mim] tag.
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According to Google books ngrams tick-tock is the most comon form nowadays,
while tick-tack was the most common form 100 years ago.
  Diff:
@@ -13,3 +13,2 @@
-<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
-<gloss>ticktack</gloss>
-<gloss>tick tock</gloss>
+<gloss>tick-tock</gloss>
+<gloss>tick-tack</gloss>
3. A 2016-06-22 02:06:49  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticktack
  Comments:
all japanese dics say "ticktack" is the source
i don't know that you can be both on-mim and gairaigo
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>チックタック</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -8 +11,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
@@ -10 +14,3 @@
-<gloss>tick tock (sound of clock)</gloss>
+<gloss>ticktack</gloss>
+<gloss>tick tock</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">sound of clock</gloss>
2. A* 2016-06-21 20:02:47  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5: 時計の音
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9,2 @@
-<gloss>ticktack</gloss>
+<misc>&on-mim;</misc>
+<gloss>tick tock (sound of clock)</gloss>
1. A 2009-07-17 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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