擬音語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	音	語
ぎ Grade: S	おん Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

擬(ぎ)音(おん)語(ご) • (giongo) 

1. (grammar) an onomatopoeic word, a word that sounds like the sound that it represents; onomatopoeia

See also

• 擬態語(ぎたいご) (gitaigo, “ideophone”)
• 擬声語(ぎせいご) (giseigo)
• 擬情語(ぎじょうご) (gijōgo)