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バタバタ
Meanings
Adverb
Verb (する)
Onomatopoeic
1. flapping; rattling; fluttering
It was then that I heard the flapping of wings.
2. (running) with a clatter; noisily; thrashing (around); floundering; flailing
Then, the sound of footsteps clattered closer.
Adverb
Onomatopoeic
3. (falling) one after another; in quick succession
Employees came down with the flu one after another.
Adverb
Verb (する)
Onomatopoeic
4. busily; hurriedly; in a fluster; in a rush; rushing around; bustling about; scurrying
I was rushing around earlier.
Adverb
Onomatopoeic
5. quickly; briskly; with dispatch
Noun
Colloquialism
6. motorcycle; three-wheeler truck
Alt. forms
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61%
ばたばた
38%
Pitch accent
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Top 7500
Conjugations...Used in: 1986
Examples (13 in total)
I'm rushing around, so I'm going.
I was rushing around earlier.
The window is rattling in the wind.
Then, the sound of footsteps clattered closer.
The flag is flapping in the wind.
Employees came down with the flu one after another.
If you prepare on the day itself, you'll end up in a rush.
In the recession, the town's shops went under one after another.
I heard a hurried voice and the sound of running with a clatter.
Mr. Sato rushed back into the house.
It was then that I heard the flapping of wings.
The rabbit flailed its legs, but its thrashing was somehow gentle.
When mosquitoes beat their wings up and down, they produce a distinctive buzzing sound.