Learn Japanese words : Mimetic phrases

Mimetic words are similar to onomatopoeia...but instead of describing sounds, they describe sensations.
Japanese has a lot of these....here are a few from the staff at http://www.japonin.com/

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[ailashes]

Very useful, ありがとう! I guess the words have slightly different meanings depending on their context, right?

[japonin]

Yes- the context can change the meaning.

For example 'zuruzuru' when used with a heavy object means a dragging motion...

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[Tran295]

Do you mean I can use both demasu or shimasu

[jima708855]

demasu (出ます = exit) is used for the running nose or caughing, probably becasue in both cases something comes out of the body (air in case of the cauging,...)

hopefully it helps.

[Tran295]

why some of them use demasu and some use shimasu

[seygra20]

jus a lil error in the spelling of the word nasal (not nazal) hanamizu