Japanese SFX | English Translation | Notes | Examples |
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イライラ・いらいら | grr; irk irk | to be annoyed | |
どきん・ドキン | b-bmp; b-dmp | heartbeat; heart skipping a beat | |
ぴく・ピク | jolt; twitch | usually quick movement from surprise; twitch of the fingers; also see びく・ビク | |
ビク・びく・ビクッ・びくっ | jolt; flinch | flinching from surprise; also see less intense ぴく・ピク | someone's shoulders abruptly lifting from surprise; someone jumping from shock |
がーん・ガーン | shock; gasp; what! | shock from something (usually unfortunate) happening | |
ポイ・ぽい | yeet; fwing; fling; toss | ||
バサバサ・ばさばさ | flutter flutter; rustle rustle; rstl rstl | ||
ブロロロ・ぶろろろ | putt putt putt | car/bus running | |
ブン・ぶん | fwsh | ||
ぶるぶる・ブルブル | shake shake; shiver shiver | shaking | |
ぶるんぶるん・ブルンブルン | jiggle jiggle; fwoom fwoom (if heavy) | ||
ぷりぷり・プリプリ | wiggle wiggle; jiggle jiggle | to be slightly bouncy when touched | |
ぷりぷり・プリプリ | huff huff; fume | to be angry; fuming; in a huff | |
ぷるんぷるん・プルンプルン | jiggle jiggle | softly jiggling, often used for pudding | Jigglypuff |
ぷんぷん・プンプン | huff huff; fume | being in a bad mood; fuming; angry | |
べしゃ・ベシャ | smack | ||
ペタコッ | thmp | pressing a wax seal on a letter/envelope | |
ホカホカ・ほかほか | poff poff | Warm; steaming | |
ボソッ | mutter | ||
ポタポタ | splat splat | Dripping sound | Often used for blood or viscous liquid |
ぼすん/ボスン | fwump | hitting the ground | |
むずむず | Restless | ||
もががが | nghh | Struggling | |
やふふーう | Woohoo! | Person yelling in excitement | |
やわやわ | fluff | soft | |
やわやわ | fwoof | soft | |
よろ | stagger | like よろめく | |
ゴロゴロ | purr purr | cat purring | |
ゴロゴロ | rumble rumble | something heavy rolling | boulder rolling |
ゴロンゴロン | roll roll | something tumbling or rolling | |
ゴンッ・ごんっ・ごん・ゴン | thunk; thud | a hollow thud | |
リンゴーン | donng | school bell dinging (large bell) | |
リンゴーンリンゴーン | dong dong | School bells | |
わあああ/ワアアア | yaay; wooo; yeaaah | cheering | |
わし | pat | Girl’s hair being pat | |
ミーン・みーん | vreeeen | cicada calls; usually associated with summer | |
ガン | klang | ||
ザ | stand | ||
ドキドキ・どきどき | b-dmp; ba-dmp; throb; b-bmp; ba-bump | excitement, usually nervous; sound of a heart pounding | |
プルプル | qvr qvr; shake shake; shiver shiver | ||
バッ | lift; fwip; flip | ||
ガタガタ | rattle rattle | ||
シーン・しーん・しいん・シイン | cricket cricket (good for comedic effect); hush; still | silence | |
バキ | crack; snap | ||
ガッ | pound | ||
バツン | snap | ||
ビュー | fwoo; fwoosh | ||
チチチチ | tsk tsk tsk tsk; ps ps ps ps; ks ks ks ks; tch tch tch tch | sound made when calling a cat | https://youtu.be/eFXSt1jjgdE |
チッチッチッチッ | tsk tsk tsk tsk; ps ps ps ps; ks ks ks ks; tch tch tch tch | sound made when calling a cat | https://youtu.be/eFXSt1jjgdE |
フンフン | sniff sniff; huff huff; hff hff | smelling something | |
ハア/はあ | huff; hff | breathing out | |
プンス・ぷんす | hmph, huff, fume | someone mad and fuming | |
ワクワク | woohoo; yay | excitement; from ワクワクする | |
もぐもぐ・モグモグ | chew | chewing something inside the mouth | |
もっ・モッ | nom; chomp | from もぐもぐ; eating | |
もぞもぞ・モゾモゾ | shuffle shuffle | moving around, stirring | |
モワ・もわ | fluff | ||
キュッ・きゅっ | squek | A faucet being turned | |
むす・ムス | sulk | ||
トホホ・とほほ | boo-hoo | ||
トボトボ・とぼとぼ | plod plod; trudge trudge | to trudge, often wearily, sometimes downtroddenly after something disappointing has happened | |
すっ・スッ | tap; tmp | ||
ずんずんずん・ズンズンズン | thud thud thud | heavy footsteps | |
ズン/ずん | gloom | ||
すぽぽん・スポポン | tum tum | sound when hitting a taiko drum | |
すんすん・スンスン | sniffle | ||
すー・スー | phew; whew | breathing out | |
すー・スー | zzz; doze | light sleeping | |
ずううん・ズウウン | doom | ||
ずかずか・ズカズカ | tmp tmp | to walk right up to something without hesitation; See ツカツカ | |
ず・ズ | shwf; slip | slipping | |
せかせか・セカセカ | fidget fidget; fuss fuss | unable to calm down | |
そわそわ・ソワソワ | fidget fidget | being restless | |
たし・タシ | pad; tmp | walking around | |
たたた・タタタ | tmp tmp tmp; tp tp tp | footsteps | |
たたん・タタン | ka-tunk; ka-lunk | a train clanking as it moves | |
たっ・タッ | tmp; dash | ||
だらーん | fwump | ||
だーっ・ダーっ | whoosh; woosh; fwsh | Running; Turning around quickly | |
チーン | ding | presenting a meatball on a plate | |
チャリ | jingle | ||
ツルッ | slip | ||
ちくちく・チクチク | pang; twinge; zing; sting | a pang/sting from a negative emotion | |
ちゅっ・チュッ | smooch | a kiss | |
てくてく・テクテク | trot trot | Light walking | |
てちてち・テチテチ | thomp thomp | ||
てんてん・テンテン | boing boing; thwop thwop; pong pong | something lightly bouncing | |
と・ト・とっ・トッ | tmp | footfall | |
どす・ドス | jab; stab | ||
どっ・ドッ | Lol; wah ha ha; guffaw | Loud laughter; from ドッとする | |
どどど・ドドド | tmp tmp tmp | Person walking ominously | |
どーん・ドーン | bam | ||
ドオオオン | ta-daaah | something visible that shouldn’t be (comedic) | |
ドシ | wham | person falling to the floor after being hit | |
ドタドタ | stomp stomp | ||
プリ・ぷり | plop | ||
ぼとり | thump; thud | something heavy dropping | |
トプリと | to sink completely; often referring to the sun setting | ||
トプリと | completely; entirely | ||
トプリと | Same as とっぷり | ||
ドプン | sploosh | ||
ドボーン | sploosh | ||
ぬっ・ヌッ | sniff | Dog sniffing | |
のそ・ノソ | lurch; plod | ||
バアーン | baaam | shocking revelation | |
パカーン・ぱかーん | ka-thunk | chopped through a chopping board | |
パクパク・ぱくぱく | glub glub | Sound of a mouth silently opening and closing | |
パクパク・ぱくぱく | gaped | Sound of a mouth silently opening and closing | |
バシャ | splash | ||
バシャ | splsh | ||
バシャーン | fwap! | pin landing on clothing dramatically | |
バタン | slam | Door shutting | |
バタン | thmp | book closing | |
パチ・ぱち | flick; flk; blink | Eyes opening; avoid "snap" when used for eyes | |
パチッ・ぱちっ | krakl | ||
パチパチ・ぱちぱち | clap clap | Applause; sometimes written as “888” (はちはちはち) | |
パチン・ぱちん | snip | Sound of knife flipping open | |
パチン・ぱちん | krakl | ||
はぐ・ハグ | nom, chomp | taking a bite of something to eat | |
はふはふ・ハフハフ | pant pant | Dog panting | |
はむっ・ハムっ | chomp | ||
ばっ・バッ | fwp; fwsht | someone letting go of something abruptly, especially another person's hand | |
ばっ・バッ | gasp | ||
ばっ・バッ | freeze | person stopping | |
ばっ・バッ | leap | ||
ぱあああ・パアアア | aww! | ||
ぱくっ・パクッ | chomp | dog eating treat | |
ぱっ・パッ | blink | ||
バパパパパ・ぱぱぱぱぱ | vrrmm | Car driving | |
パリッ・ぱりっ | fresh | pressed shirt being put on | |
パリン・ぱりん | krak | Window being shattered by cloth-covered arm | |
バン | bam | ||
バン | slam | Door opening | |
ピカーン | shing | ||
ピカーン | sparkle | ||
ひそひそ・ヒソヒソ | wsp wsp; psst | whispering | |
ひょこ・ヒョコ | pop | ||
ひょこひょこ・ヒョコヒョコ | wobble wobble | ||
ぴしっ・ピシッ | fwp | Sound of paper being held up | |
ピシッ・びしっ | shup | standing straight | Dog standing at attention |
ピシッ・ぴしっ | sparkle | ||
ぴょこぴょこ・ピョコピョコ | bounce; sproing sproing; skip (when referring to walking); hop | bouncing or springy with an up and down motion | a person nodding; "spring" in someone's step; bouncing pigtails |
ぴょんこ・ピョンコ | boing | Jumping rope | |
ぴょん・ピョン | hop; hyah | a light hop | Girl jumping over vaulting box |
ヒルル・ひるる | flit; fwmp | something flitting down; usually not a heavy sound | Board falling from a building |
ぴよぴよ・ピヨピヨ | cheep cheep | cheeping of chicks (especially of chickens) | |
ふんふん・フンフン | mmhmm; uh-huh | voicing agreement with another person | |
ぶくぶく・ブクブク | blup blup | ||
ブリッ・ぶりっ | rip | ||
ブロロロ・ぶろろろ | vrrm | Bus running | |
ガバッ・がばっ・がば・ガバ | shwf; vwoosh; spring; whup | quickly getting up | |
ズバババ/ずばばば | brrp burrf | throwing up bad cooking | |
バサバサ・ばさばさ | flap; fwap | Bird flapping its wings | |
ガコン・がこん | ka-shunk | door opening | |
ガコン・がこん | kchuk | door opening | |
がしっ・ガシッ | yoink | ||
ガシャン・がしゃん | thunk; crash; bam; clang; clank | ||
がしゅがしゅ・がシュガシュ | chomp chomp | eating furiously | |
ガション・かしょん | kachung | Elevator door closing | |
ガチャ・がちゃ | click; klik | phone being hung up | |
ガチャ・がちゃ | chak | Door opening | |
ガチャ・がちゃ | klat | Setting down a tray | |
かっ・カッ・カツ・かつ・かっかっ・カッカッ・カツカツ・かつかつ | klak; clomp | Footsteps—especially heels | |
ガヤガヤ・がやがや | chatter chatter | ||
ガラガラ・がらがら | clonk clonk | Cart rattling | |
カラン・からん | ding | Clinking; bell ringing | |
ガンガン・がんがん | klang klang | ||
キィ・きぃ | creak | ||
キイイ・きいい | screee | Airplane landing | |
キイイ・きいい | skree | Violin being played badly | |
キキッ・ききっ | scree | ||
キッ・きっ | skree | ||
ギヒヒ・ぎひひ | skruh | ||
ジーワジーワ・じーわじーわ | bzz bzz; chrr chrr; chirp chirp; vreen vreen | crescendo of cicadas, usually in association with summer; sometimes paired with ミーンミーン | |
コクリ・こくり | nod; bob | quick nod or bow | |
がちゃがちゃ・ガチャガチャ | grumble grumble | to complain a lot | |
がち・ガチ | chomp | ||
ガシャ・がしゃ | clang; jangle; messy; k-chak (if used in same sense as ガチャ) | small objects hitting each other noisily; something messy with lots of little things strewn about; also see ガチャ for gachapon sense | |
ガシャン・がしゃん | chak; kreesh; klang | a clank sound; door closing | |
きょろ・キョロ | glance; scan | looking around | |
ぎくっ・ギクッ | jolt; gulp; urk | to be startled; often after someone else says something implicative | |
ぎっ・ぎゅ・ぎゅう・ギッ・ギュ・ギュウ | skweeze; squeeze; clench | a hug, clenching a fist | |
キューン・きゅーん | ba-dump | Person blushing | |
ギューン・ぎゅーん | ba-dump | Person blushing | |
ギューン・ぎゅーん | woosh | ||
キラキラ・きらきら | sparkle sparkle | ||
キリッ・きりっ | glint | ||
くしゃ・クシャ | ruffle; tup | ruffling someone's hair | |
くらくら・クラクラ | swoon | to feel dizzy (not necessarily a negative meaning—giddy) | |
くら・クラ | swoon | see くらくら | |
くり・クリ | turn | ||
くるっ・クルッ | turn | ||
くる・クル | turn | ||
ぐいぐい・グイグイ | yank | push or pull hard; sometimes slight negative image | |
ぐい・グイ | yank; pull; tug | someone pulling another person by the hand | |
ぐぐ・ググ | strugg strugg; strain; heave | struggling to do something; exerting effort | |
ぐわしゃ・グワシャ | splat | ||
ぐわっ・グワッ | bwa ha | Person sneakily hitting someone from behind | |
ケッ | hmph | ||
ゲプっ | blurp | ||
ぐ・グ | clench; klench | someone clenching their hand into a fist | |
こくっ・コクッ・こく・コク | nod | Nodding head | |
ゴゴゴゴ・ごごごご | doom, rrrrr, rm rm, rmbl rmbl, dun dun; tum tum tum tum; rhhm rhhm | ominous sound | an eerie hallway |
ゴゴ・ごご | whirr | door opening after electrical lock disengages | |
コチ | tic | Clock ticking | |
ゴソゴソ | rustle rustle | rummaging through something | |
ゴト・ごと | thump | ||
ゴバッ | glurg | ||
ゴボボボ | blub blub blub | Drowning child | |
ゴポポポポ | gurgle glug glug | Drowning child | |
ザザーン | fzzzzzzt | Food appearing in a premonition (static-y sound) | |
ザザザ | zzzt | ||
ザッ・ざっ | tmp; shup; shf | quick movement | |
ザッ | sha | ||
ザッ | fzzt | Static during a dog’s premonition | |
サバッ | sploosh | ||
サラサラ | sfw sfw | smoothly writing something down | |
こっくり | nod | ||
ごうん・ゴウン | vwoom | ||
ごお・ゴオ | roar; flare | the roar of a fire | |
ざあ・ザア | shaa; ksssh | rain coming down in sheets | |
ざわざわ・ザワザワ | chatter chatter; murmur murmur; hubbub; stir; psst; rustle; jostle | Commotion of a crowd | |
ざわっ・ザワッ | jolt; shudder | ||
ざわわ・ザワワ | shudder | ||
ざわ・ザワ | chatter; murmur | Commotion of a crowd | |
しゅん | gloom; shwump | ||
しん | cricket cricket (good for comedic effect); hush; shh; still | silence | |
じたたばたた | flail flail | ||
じたばた | flail flail | ||
じゃん/ジャン | ta-dah; ta-da (house spellings vary by publisher) | fanfare; presenting something with flair; check the house style for correct spelling | |
じゃーん | ta-dah; ta-da (house spellings vary by publisher) | fanfare; presenting something with flair; check the house style for correct spelling | |
シャアー | fssssh | someone taking a shower | |
ジリリリ | rring | phone ringing | |
ズズ/ずず | doom | ||
スタスタ | stomp stomp | ||
スタスタ | tmp tmp | ||
すく・スク | stand | someone standing up | |
すっ・スッ | shwf | someone standing quickly from a seated position | |
パクパク・ぱくぱく | flap flap | opening and closing (often a mouth); sound doesn't necessarily need to be made | koi fish opening and closing their mouths when being fed |
メー | baah | goat bleating | |
コッコッコッコ | bak bak bak bak | the sound a hen makes | |
コケコッコー | cockadoodledoo | rooster crowing | |
ケロ | ribbit; croak | the sound a frog makes | |
ドッ | thud; whmp | something heavy falling and making a loud sound as it hits | |
タッ | scuff | taking a quick step forward; breaking out into a run | |
よじよじ | hup hup | man climbing onto a giant wolf's back | |
ビシ | point; schwip | someone using their finger to point at something; usually a quick movement | |
プイ | snub | turning away sharply, negative connotation | |
プンプン | sniff sniff | inhaling to smell something | |
ドガ・どが | kaboom | explosive sound | |
タン・たん | PTOOM | laser sound | |
VWEEM | laser sound | ||
KAZAP | laser sound | ||
PACK | muffled thump | ||
キーンコーンカーンコーン | bing bong beng bong; ding dong dang dong; ding dong deng dong; ding dong bing bong | classic school bell | |
ワタワタ・わたわた | falter | to become flustered; nervous panic from not knowing what to do; flounder/falter | person awkwardly fidgeting from nerves |
ぽ・ポ・ポッ・ぽっ | flare; flash; fwoosht | a flame igniting | |
ぽん・ポン | pat | ||
スポン・すぽん | shloop | sound of something fitting into something perfectly; of something sliding into place (the sound of the air seal being made) | closing the top to a bento box |
ガタンゴトン・がたんごとん | ktunk ktunk | Train running | |
ゴオン・ごおん | thoom | a rumbling sound, slightly hollow | |
ゴオ・ごお | rumble; roar; gwoo; vwoosh | loud and low sound | a meteor; the roar of a fire |
わんわん・ワンワン | bow-wow; woof woof; wuff wuff | a dog barking | |
わんわん・ワンワン | wah wah | someone crying | |
バリバリ・ばりばり | pure, all in, 100%, purely | not really an SFX when used in this context, but could show up in a way that makes it seem like an SFX; make sure to look up other definitions too | バリバリの日本人 (i.e. "born and raised in Japan") |
バリバリ・ばりばり | vrr vrr | sound of an engine revving up | |
バリバリ・ばりばり | rip; tear; zhiipp | something being torn to shreds | paper being torn to bits; cat scratching a post |
バリバリ・ばりばり | working hard; putting in a lot of effort into something | ||
ホクホク・ほくほく | yippee; tickled pink; beam; merry | having a pleased look | |
ピリ・ぴり | emotional tension between people | ||
ピリピリ・ぴりぴり | tear, rip | ||
ピリ・ぴり | tear, rip | ||
わいわい・ワイワイ | chatter chatter | commotion of a crowd | |
ブクブク・ぶくぶく | bubble bubble; froth froth; blub blub | bubbles forming | |
よてよて・ヨテヨテ | totter totter | tottering footsteps, can sound kind of cute | a toddler taking their first steps |
ウキウキ・うきうき | giddy; merry; yay; yippee | state of being happy | |
ふわふわ・フワフワ | fluff; float; drift; glide; floof | ||
ポス・ぽす | fwump; pat | the act of patting something fluffy (blanket or a pillow) | |
ぞろぞろ・ゾロゾロ | shuffle shuffle | lots of things rushing in | a crowd shuffling into a train |
イキイキ・いきいき | pep pep; lively; brisk; active; zip zip; perky; chipper | to be energetic and active | |
ぱき・パキ | krak; krakl | snapping sound | |
ぴー・ピー | fweet; fwee; twee | a whistle | |
ハラハラ・はらはら | fret fret | being anxious; wavering from nervousness | |
チョロ・ちょろ | dart; scamper | to quickly move from one spot to another | a person hovering over another person asking questions and darting from one side of them to another |
わくわく・ワクワク | happy; yippee; yay | excitement, being thrilled, slightly nervous | butterflies in stomach feeling |
すりすり・スリスリ・スーリ・すーり | nuzzle; rub | rubbing (often one's face) against something else lovingly; sometimes done as a sign of ownership (think cat rubbing its face against something) | cat nuzzling a fish; rat nuzzling a piece of cheese |
あわあわ・アワアワ | panic; uh uh; fret fret | a person panicking or losing their cool; being in a fluster | |
あわあわ・アワアワ | bubble bubble; froth | bubbles forming; soap bubbles; light bubbles like froth | |
ドン・どん | thump; boink; thwak | ||
パシ・ぱし | grab | Someone grabbing something | |
パシッ・ぱしっ | grab | ||
パシャ・ぱしゃ | flash | camera flash | |
プルルル | ring ring; bzz bzz | Ringing of a phone | |
ブンブン | wave wave; fwoom fwoom | ||
ボケ | daze; blank; glaze | from 呆ける | |
ヒソヒソ | wsp wsp | whispering | |
ズーン/ずーん | loom | looming over something/someone, usually menacingly | |
チラ | glance | giving a quick look at something | |
モヤモヤ・もやもや | haze; fwuzz | ||
モヤモヤ・もやもや | ponder ponder; muse; mull; brood; worry | thinking; a thought bubble forming | |
カチカチ | freeze | freezing up from fear | |
カチカチ | tick tock | clock hand ticking | |
バシュウウウウ | fsshh | ||
ガン | slam | ||
カカカカ | rattle | ||
ブシ | fwoop | ||
ザシャン | kashunk | ||
チャリン | clink | ||
ドシャ | thud | ||
コン | wham | ||
ガラン | wobble | ||
ザリッ | skritch | ||
パンッ・ぱんっ | wham | ||
バアッ | leap | ||
ビシ | flick | ||
バッ | shwip | sticking hand in bag | |
ハッ | pant | ||
チリチリ | smart | pain on skin from very cold or very hot (scorching) weather | |
コロコロ | klink klink | something light rolling along; usually rocks | |
マンメンミ | woomy | from Splatoon | |
オオオオオ | roarr | Night scene of buildings | |
オオオオオ | ooooo; rooooar | Ominous hallway/passage; ominous place | |
ガガガガ・がががが | bam bam bam bam | children arguing | |
うず・ウズ | fidget | ||
うとうと・ウトウト | doze; nod (when drifting to sleep); yawn | Drifting to sleep; the action of nodding off where the head dips | |
ずん・ズン | shuk; shoonk | something being thrust quickly into something else | sword being driven into a body |
えぐえぐ・エグエグ | sniffle sniffle; wah wah | crying; similar to ぐずんぐずん but not all-out wailing | |
おほん・オホン | ahem | clearing throat | |
かきかき・カキカキ | scritch scritch | think 掻く | |
かちん・カチン | click | something clicking into a well-fitting spot | |
かちん・カチン | zing; sting | to feel offended or hurt; かちんと来る | |
カポーン・かぽーん・かぽん・カポン | drip drop; plonk; plunk; klunk; splish | Sound of a bowl in the bath hitting the ground; indicates the sound of water/bathing; Sound of the bamboo from a deer scare tipping | |
がくんがくん・ガクンガクン | shake shake | Child shaking a dog | |
ガコオン | kathnk | heavy door closing | |
カコッ | thip | monocle being inserted into eye socket | |
ボンキュッボン・ぼんきゅっぼん | va-va-voom | describes an hourglass figure | |
グラ・ぐら | roll | ||
ガクガク・がくがく | chatter; clatter (from shivering) | knees knocking together from shivering | |
ガク・ガクリ・がっくり | swoop; jerk; halt; slump; crash (in the non-literal sense: "crashed" in the charts); nosedive; plummet | something stops or falls abruptly; refers to the jerking motion | the jerk as a car suddenly brakes; missing a step on the stairs; crashed/nosedived in the popularity charts |
ガク/ガクリ・がっくり | slump; shwump | person slumping from disappointment/something bad happening; similar to シュン but more abrupt | someone falling to their knees; someone's head lowering abruptly in disappointment |
ゾクゾク・ぞくぞく | shiver; quiver; jitter | excitement; goosebumps; a shiver of excitement; to be titillated be careful when using "shiver" since might be mistaken for nervousness or a negative emotion | |
ゾクゾク・ぞくぞく | shiver; shudder; quiver; tremble | shivering from feeling cold or creeped out; careful not to mistake for other sense of shivering out of excitement | |
ガチャガチャ・がちゃがちゃ | messy | something being cluttered | cluttered desk |
ガチャガチャ・がちゃがちゃ | chirp chirp | call of a specific type of grasshopper (クツワムシ) | |
ガチャ・がちゃ | gacha (as in a randomly drawn prize in a game) | originated from gachapon machines which made a gachagacha noise when turning the handle, the term now also applies to mobile games with randomly drawn in-game items/prizes | |
ガチャガチャ・がちゃがちゃ | k-chak | hard things hitting each other | sound made when turning the handle on a capsule machine (gachapon) |
パコーン・ぱこーん | thwack | something hitting a surface quickly and bouncing; ricochet | ball bounding off the ground |
ツカツカ・つかつか | tmp tmp | to walk without hesitation; to walk right up to | |
ザクザク・ざくざく | crunch | stepping on something crunchy or that grates against itself when pressure is applied | a shovel digging into the dirt |
ザグン・ざぐん | kchunk | a shovel digging into the ground | |
バリン・ぱりん | smash; crunch; crack; fvwing | something breaking, usually something hard (glass) | |
もにょもにょ・モニョモニョ | mumble mumble | to falter when speaking | |
よよ・ヨ・ | sob | to start crying; comes from よよと泣く | |
よよよよ・ヨヨヨヨ | sob sob | to start crying; comes from よよと泣く | |
キュッ・きゅっ・キュー・きゅー | chug; glug | drinking very fast; chugging a drink, often refreshing; also see: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%8D%E3%82%85%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8-477483 | |
もっさあ・モッサア | frump | messy in appearance | |
ヒョイ・ひょい・ひょいっ・ヒョイッ | hwup; yoink | picking up something | |
ファンファン・ふぁんふぁん | weewoo weewoo | Police car siren; see: https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13248584098 | |
ピーポーピーポー・ぴーぽーぴーぽー | weewoo weewoo | Ambulance siren; see: https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13248584098 | |
カンカン・かんかん | klang klang | Firetruck siren; see: https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13248584098 | |
ウー・うー | weewoo weewoo | Firetruck siren; see: https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13248584098 | |
ざーん・ザーン | kshh; wshh; zshh | Soft lapping waves at a beach/the ocean | |
しゃかしゃか・シャカシャカ | thrum thrum | Sound of music leaking from earphones | |
すん・スン | icy; blank | A blank expression, often purposefully taken on to show dissatisfaction or that the person is unimpressed | |
パラリラパラリラ・ぱらりらぱらりら | palah reerah palah reerah | Sound of a motocycle horn; https://pocket-se.info/archives/1497/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzlhAtAai0 | |
ずひ・ズヒ | sniffle | Similar to ずびずび but less intense | |
ずびずび・ズビズビ | sniffle sniffle | Nose sniffles https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9A%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9A%E3%81%B3 | |
ずーずー・ズーズー | sniffle sniffle | Nose sniffles | |
ひゅう・ヒュウ | fwoosh | wind rushing by | |
フィリリ・ふぃりり | chirrup chirrup; chirr; chirp chirp | The sound a クサヒバリ makes. Type of cricket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRFdrfkgJRI | |
ぼりぼり・ボリボリ | skritch skritch | to scratch | |
むぐむぐ・ムグムグ・むぐ・ムグ | nom nom; nom | Chewing on something while not opening mouth | |
すん・スン | pout; pause; mull; brood; icy | A newer manga sound effect that likely came from うんともすんとも Often used in comedic scenarios when someone goes silent, but also used for when a person reacts emotionally to something someone else has said without showing it on their face | https://anond.hatelabo.jp/20190216230016 |
ムク・むく | rise; shup; hwup; hup | rising up | someone sitting up, usually from bed |
がるる・ガルル | grr; growl | ||
ししし・シシシ | hee hee; heh heh | Laugh similar to a ひひひ but more mischievous; https://blog.goo.ne.jp/bellwood0625/e/d4cdf93fd8550b7ed22b398aa9dbe020 | |
すごすご・スゴスゴ | trudge trudge | To walk away in low sprits (similar to しおしお・シオシオ) | |
じーん・ジーン | touched; heartwarming; warm fuzzies; moved; sniffle | Heartwarming feeling; to be moved or brought to happy tears | |
どーどー・ドードー | whoa whoa | Said to someone who is upset, similar to when settling down a horse | https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13127284533 |
チュンチュン・ちゅんちゅん | chirp chirp | Birds chirping, often in the morning when a character wakes up | |
むら・ムラ | horny; bulge; huff; hot and bothered | Often seen in spicier manga | |
プァーン | honk; choochoo | The honk of a train as it departs | |
タッ・ダッ・たっ・だっ | kalunk | Clanking sound of a train as it departs | |
がし・ガシ | grab; catch; snatch | Someone grabbing something or someone with their hand |