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Onomatopoeia - 01-21-2011, 09:09 AM

I'm doing a study on differences between Japanese and English onomatopoeia, and I was wondering if some of the seasoned Japanese speakers have any insight on some not so common, yet not so obscure onomatopoeias in the Japanese language.
For example, I know "Nya versus Meow" for cats.
So I'm not looking for things that obvious/easy, but just if there are any ones that aren't used that regularly but are still good to know, it would be great if you could list them. Thanks.


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