Japanese vocabulary

オノマトペ3:感情と緊張 「じょうたいとのノマトペ3」

Onomatopoeia 3: Emotional states and tension

Part 3

Intermediate

Words

いらいら 「いらいら」 [iraira]
getting irritated / feeling nervous
どきどき 「どきどき」 [dokidoki]
heart pounding / nervously excited
はらはら 「はらはら」 [harahara]
feeling anxious / on pins and needles
わくわく 「わくわく」 [wakuwaku]
trembling with excitement / thrilled
そわそわ 「そわそわ」 [sowasowa]
restless / fidgety
おどおど 「おどおど」 [odoodo]
cowering / hesitating timidly
うっとり 「うっとり」 [uttori]
enraptured / entranced
びくびく 「びくびく」 [bikubiku]
trembling with fear / nervous
ぼうっと 「ぼうっと」 [bōtto]
absentmindedly / daydreaming
かっと 「かっと」 [katto]
flaring up in anger / heated suddenly

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