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Animal Sounds
Human Motions
Liquids
Collision between hard objects
Collision between soft objects and hard objects
Soft objects moving
Weather
Around the home
Miscellaneous

Animal Sounds

• "nya-- nya--" - cat
• "wan wan" - dog
• "kero kero" - frog
• "hihi--n" - horse
• "mo-- mo--" - cow
• "mi--n mi--n" - cicada
• "piyo piyo" - chick
• "kokekokko--" - cock-a-doodle-doo!
• "me-- me--" - sheep
• "ka-- ka--" - crow
• "chu-- chu--" - mouse
• "gao--" - lion

Human Motions

• "pero pero" (higher pitch) or "bero-bero" (lower pitch) - licking
• "kucha kucha" (louder, higher pitch) or "musha-musha" (softer, lower pitch) - chewing
• "gero--" or "ge--" - throwing up
• "goku" - swallowing
• "giri giri" - grinding one's teeth
• "pecha kucha" - talking incessantly
• "ha ha" or "he he" - laughter (intonation same as in English)
• "fu fu fu" - polite female laughter
• "keta keta" (higher pitch) or "geta-geta" (lower pitch) - impolite laughter
• "kya--" (higher pitch) or "gya--" (lower pitch) - screaming
• "wa--n wa--n" or "e--n e--n" - crying (loud)
• "gusu" - crying (soft)
• "koso-koso" - sneaking around
• "su-- su--" - breathing softly as you sleep
• "ga-- ga--" - snoring
• "kushun" (softer) or "hakushun" (louder) - sneezing
• "pori pori" (higher pitch) or "bori bori" (lower pitch) - scratching (a person)
• "hena hena" - when one is exhausted and cannot stand

Liquids

• "pito pito" - a faucet slowly leaking droplets of water
• "ja--" - sound of a thin stream of water hitting the water surface below. Ex. running faucet
• "sha--" (higher pitch) or "za--" (lower pitch) - sound of a large amount of water flowing - Ex. heavy rain ("za--") or a shower ("sha--")
• "pasha pasha" (higher pitch) or "basha basha" (lower pitch) - splashing in water
• "toro toro" (higher pitch) or "doro doro" (lower pitch) - a stream of liquid flowing or pouring.

Collision between hard objects

• "kacha kacha" (higher pitch) or "gacha gacha" (lower pitch) - Hard noises made by a collection of small objects - banging into each other. Usually refers to a situation in which a person is responsible for the collisions.
• "kata kata" (higher pitch) or "gata gata" (lower pitch) - Hard noises made by a single larger object - like a house or a table - when they bang into something else (table and floor) or when parts of said object bang into each other (house, car). "kata kata" is the sound made when you type at the keyboard.
• "kan kan" (higher pitch) or "gan gan" (lower pitch) - a sound of something (usually made of metal) hitting something else and possibly making a dent, but not shattering - ex. the sound made when you hit your car hood with a bat.
• "kon kon" (higher pitch) or "gon gon" (lower pitch) - a sound of something (usually not made of metal) hitting something else and possibly making a dent, but not shattering - ex. knocking on a wooden door.
• "ka--n ka--n" (higher pitch) "go--n go--n" (lower pitch) - church or temple bell ringing.
• "gassha--n" - sound of something shattering upon collision - ex. a piece of glass.
• "kari kari" (higher pitch) or "gari gari" (lower pitch) - annoying sound made by something scraping against something else - ex. a rock against concrete
• "kasa kasa" (higher pitch) or "gasa gasa" - soft sound made by dry objects rubbing against each other - ex. pieces of paper ("kasa kasa")
• "pan" (higher pitch) or "ban" (lower pitch) - something exploding. Example: a balloon ("pan"), a gun ("ban")
• "poki" (higher pitch) or "boki" (lower pitch) - breaking something long, hard and thin - ex. a pair of chopsticks, bones
• "koro koro" (higher pitch) or "goro goro" (lower pitch) - rolling

Collision between soft objects and hard objects

• "peta peta" - Soft noise made when an adhesive solid material - stickers, stamps - sticks to something else.
• "pecha" (higher pitch) "becha" (lower pitch) - Soft noise made when semi-solid material - ex. apple sauce - hits a solid surface.
• "gucha" - When you smash something - ex. a bug - and the soft material inside comes out. The object may or may not have a hard outer surface.
• "gusa" - hard elongated shape (e.g. an arrow) sticking into a soft object (e.g. a person).

Soft objects moving

• "kunya kunya" - Soft sound made when a flexible shape - ex. a large thin sheet of plastic - bends in a wavy manner.
• "puyo puyo" - Sound used to describe a soft mound with lots of surface tension shakes - ex. a mound of jello.

Weather

• "gara gara" - sound of distant thunder
• "gassha--n" - thunder strikes!

Around the home

• "koto koto" (higher pitch) or "goto goto" (lower pitch) - a pot boiling
• "ri--n ri--n" - a phone ringing
• "chi--n" - microwave's done!

Miscellaneous

• "shi--n" - the sound of silence