Types
Japanese Onomatopoeia Types
Browse by onomatopoeia type to compare voices, object sounds, states, movement, and emotion.
6 groups
842 entries
Ono.Jepang.org uses onomatopoeia types as learning labels for how a word works. Use this page to compare sound words, state words, movement words, and feeling words before opening the entry lists.
How to use types
- Choose a type when you want to understand the function of a word, not its meaning topic.
- Open a type to compare entries that work in a similar way.
- Use categories when you want to browse by mood, movement, sound, texture, or communication.
States and Qualities
GITAIGO / 擬態語
Gitaigo describes states or qualities that may not make a sound, such as appearance, texture, surface feel, or condition.
OpenObject and Nature Sounds
GIONGO / 擬音語
Giongo describes sounds from objects and nature, such as water, wind, machines, impacts, and other audible events.
OpenFeelings and Emotions
GIJOUGO / 擬情語
Gijougo describes feelings and emotions, such as mood, inner reactions, tension, or emotional impressions.
OpenLiving Voices
GISEIGO / 擬声語
Giseigo describes living voices, such as human voices, animal calls, and audible vocal reactions.
OpenMovement and Behavior
GIYOUGO / 擬容語
Giyougo describes movement and behavior, such as how something moves, acts, changes, or carries itself.
OpenUnclassified
UNKNOWN / 未分類
This section collects entries that are not yet clear enough to place in one learning type.
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