Word Meaning 擬音語

ぎおんご giongo

擬音語 is read as ぎおんご (giongo) and means onomatopoeic word.

Meaning

English

  1. onomatopoeic word

Reading

Kana

ぎおんご

Romaji

giongo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 擬態語 Rank 116917 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

擬情語

ぎじょうご

psychomime

擬態語

ぎたいご

phenomime

擬声語

ぎせいご

onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)

擬音係

ぎおんがかり

foley artist

擬音

ぎおん

imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.)

同形異音語

どうけいいおんご

heteronym

同音異義語

どうおんいぎご

homophone

多音節語

たおんせつご

polysyllabic word

単音節語

たんおんせつご

monosyllable

語幹形成母音

ごかんけいせいぼおん

thematic vowel

トイレ用擬音装置

といれようぎおんそうち

toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound

擬寸法集合体

ぎすんぽうしゅうごうたい

assumed-size aggregate

Example Sentences

1

かれはぎおんごをあつめるのがすきだ。

He likes collecting onomatopoeic words.