Japanese Onomatopoeia: What's Your Favorite?

[DJ Legionpony 5]

As I've studied Japanese, my favorite quirk of it is the large amount of onomatopoeia and sounds you can't explain in one word of English. From "Garigari"(scratching sound) to "Bokun"(breaking of a rigid object), there are many words that are quite interesting.

 

Do you have a favorite one? What's the strangest one you've discovered? Do tell.

[Acchan 232]

Beeeh (Sticking tounge out)

[Dark Heart 284]

Well the only japanese i learn is thru Sub-anime, which sometimes i prefer over english dub ugh....

 

As for my favorite words Bakka would be my favorite

 

Dunno if what you meant is that since i don't understand the whole homotowhatever

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

Pachipachi (applause). Back when I was in Japanese class a couple of people started saying it whenever they applauded. It soon spread to the rest of the class, and to this day, I can't clap without thinking (and sometimes even saying) "pachi pachi pachi".

[An Old Head 4,815]

I think バンバン, or ban-ban, to talk about a gunshot is just adorable. And funny - the noise of shooting being made to sound cute goes against its intention

[Scootalove 10,685]

ニャンニャン   meaning the sound of a cat meowing: nyan-nyan sounds so adorable. It is too cute that it can get anyone's attention.

[Mutemutt 772]

じぃーっ (Jiiii). The sound of the stare. Very useful when your friend does something incredibly weird and you want to let them know that you saw everything. Also useful for those times where you don't believe a word they're saying; no words necessary, just give them the stare.

[Judgement 445]

"Pootto", which is when someone is dazed or obsessed.