Editing Help:Japanese SFX (section)

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ka(a)(かあ) = light (see also pa, po)

ka, kan(か、かん) = heels going click, footsteps

kaa(かあ) = face turning red, blushing (see also po)

kacha(かちゃ) = the click of something opening, such as a latch, a door, or even a belt (see also gacha)

kaji(かじ) = bite, gnaw, sink your little fangs into (see also agi, agu, kari)

kaku(かく) = scratching, running a hand through hair, paddling a hand in water

kaku, kakun(かく、かくん) = shaking, wobbling, losing balance (see also gaku)

kapan(かぱん) = rattle, open (compare to batan, patan for closing)

kara(から) = empty

karakara(からから) = bone dry

karan(からん) = rattle, open

kari kari(かり　かり) = something scratching on something else, e.g., a pen on paper, somebody's little fangs on your head

kasa, kase(かさ、かせ) = rustle. Commonly used for a quiet footstep in the grass, also can be paper, cloth, or other material rustling.

katsu katsu(かつ　かつ) = clomp clomp

kehen(けへん) = cough (see also geho, gofu, goho, kon, koho)

kerori(けろり) = unaffected, casual, unimpressed

ki(き) = glare, the glint of a dagger eye

kii(きい) = squeak, high-pitched sound, as in a door squeaking

kiiiii!(きいいい！) = long high-pitched sound: brakes squealing, hysterical scream (see also biiii for shrieking)

kichi kichi(きち　きち) = full, jam-packed

kichin, kichinto(きちん、きちんと) = meticulously, carefully

kin kon, kan kon, kin koun (and other variations)(きん　こん、かん　こん、きん　こうん) = ding dong, as of a school bell (see also pin pon)

kippari(きっぱり) = flatly, definitely, clearly (to say something this way)

kira, kiran, kirari(きら、きらん、きらり) = twinkle, shine, glint (see also gira)

kiri kiri(きり　きり) = scratching or scraping, less vigorous than giri

kiri kiri(きり　きり) = business, haste

kishi(きし) = creaking (see also gishi)

kochoku(こちょく) = frozen, paralyzed

koho(こほ) = cough (see also goho, kehen, kon)

koi(こい) = come on (as a fighting phrase)

koi koi(こい　こい) = come, come, beckoning

kokun(こくん) = swallow (see also goku, gokun)

kokuri, kokkun(こくり、こっくん) = nod

kon(こん) = quiet impact, such as knocking at a door

kon(こん) = soft cough (see also goho, kehen, koho)

kopo(こぽ) = pouring

kori(こ り) = crunch, as in eating. K-san: "Pori pori is the quietest crunching. Pori pori is for cookies; bari bari is for chips. Kori kori is for broccoli and asparagus." (see also bari, pari, pori)

kori kori(こり　こり) = scraping

koro, koron(ころ、ころん) = dropping something, something rolling or tumbling (see also poro)

koshi koshi(こし　こし) = rubbing, wiping (see also goshi, geshi)

koso, kossori(こそ、こっそり) = sneaky, doing something stealthily

koto, kotsun(こと、こつん) = little clink, like the sound of a glass being put down or a tear gem falling.

kotsu kotsu(こつ　こつ) = slowly but surely

ku(く) = sleeping (see also gu, supigu, suka, suya)

ku, ku ku, ku ku ku(く、く　く) = giggle in the throat

ku, kukyururu, kyururu(く、くきゅるる、きゅるる) = stomach rumbling, tummy growling

kudo kudo(くど　くど) = repetitive

kuha(くは) = yawn (see also fua, fa)

kukaa(くかあ) = sleepy breathing

kukuri(くくり) = distinct, clear

kun kun(くん　くん) = smelling

kune kune(くね　くね) = wiggling like a snake (see also nyoro nyoro)

kunka kunka(くんか　くんか) = sniff sniff (as of smelling). (see also funka, hunka, nku)

kura(くら) = dizziness (see also fura)

kurin(くりん) = curling (as in the movement of tentacles or an unhappy dog's tail)

kuru(くる) = turning

kusha, kushu, kushun(くしゃ、くしゅ、くしゅん) = sneeze: ker-choo!

kusu(くす) = little laugh

kuta, kutari(くた、くたり) = droopy, wilted, limp. Used to describe people or plants. (see also guttari)

kya(きゃ) = shriek (see also gya)

kyapi kyapi(きゃぴ　きゃぴ) = happy noisy girlish chattering

kyoro kyoro(きょろ　きょろ) = looking this way and that, searching for something with the eyes

kyu, gyu(きゅ、ぎゅ) = grab

kyururu, ku, kukyururu(きゅるる、く、くきゅるる) = stomach rumbling, tummy growling