げいげい
See also: けいげい
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editOnomatopoeia, in imitation of the sound of someone gagging (compare English gag), or the sound of someone burping.[1]
Adverb
edit- (dated) gaggingly, heavingly
- 朝から何にも食べていないので、げいげいと吐くものは飲んだ水と黄色い液体ばかりであった。
- Asa kara nanni mo tabete inai no de, geigei to haku mono wa nonda mizu to kīroi ekitai bakari de atta.
- I hadn't had anything at all to eat since morning, so what I gaggingly threw up was just the water I drank and a yellow liquid.
- 朝から何にも食べていないので、げいげいと吐くものは飲んだ水と黄色い液体ばかりであった。
- (dated) belchingly, burpingly
Usage notes
editFollowed by the particle と (to).
Noun
editEtymology 2
editFor pronunciation and definitions of げいげい – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, げいげい (geigei), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) |
References
edit- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN