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{linguistics}
《e.g., 苛々、やきもき、びくびく、ひやひや》 ▶ psychomime ▶ [expl] ideophone depicting mental state or sensation |
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| 2. | A 2015-05-31 06:05:51 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2015-05-24 02:27:29 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | 実用日本語表現辞典 en:WP http://www.weblio.jp/content/擬情語 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism https://books.google.com/books?id=sD-MFTUiPYgC&pg=PA154 |
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| Comments: | Rather technical word, but very useful in language learning. |
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