どたばた

ドタバタ

Frequency rank: 21,424. – 21,527.

Alsoどたばた

adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle; noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

noisily (running around); with heavy feetonomatopoeic or mimetic word
in a fluster; in a flurry; in a paniconomatopoeic or mimetic word

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

slapstickabbreviationsee also ドタバタ喜劇【ドタバタきげき】

Example sentences5 results

The boys were banging about upstairs.

Tatoeba

It's great that my nephew and niece came over to play, but they're so annoying making such a racket running all over the house all day that I can't stand it.

Tatoeba

国語辞典Japanese definitions

はげしく激しくあばれたり暴れたり、うごきまわる動き回るさま。
はげしく激しくあしおと足音などをたてる立てるさま。

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