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===B===

ba(ば) = sudden impact. English equivalents would be: bam, bang, crash, ka-boom, thump, thud, wham, whomp, etc. (See also bagu, baki, ban, bashi, bata, batan, bokan, bun, dan, doka, don, doshin, dote, ga, ka, kon, paka, pan, pashi, patan, poka, pon, to, ton, among others.)

bachi(ばち) = crackle (see also bari, biri)

bagu(ばぐ) = impact

baki(ばき) = impact (one of the most common impact sounds) or other very loud sound

ban(ばん) = bang! bam!

ban(ば ん) = sometimes added to a scene for dramatic effect, to show that something astonishing or important has happened (see also don)

bara bara(ばら　ばら) = rattle rattle (see also chara chara, gara gara)

bari bari(ばり　ばり) = 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 kori, pari, pori)

bari bari(ばり　ばり) = scratch scratch (see also giri giri, kiri kiri)

bari bari(ばり　ばり) = rip rip (see also biri biri)

bari bari(ばり　ばり) = crackle, crackle? Anyway, energy or electricity, just like biri biri. Pari pari is a quieter crackle, just as pori is a quieter crunch than bari. (see also bachi)

basa(ばさ) = rustling, e.g. cloth sliding, paper moving (see also pasa)

bashan(ばしゃん) = medium splash (see also zabun for a very big splash)

bashi, bashito(ばし、ばしと) = impact (see also nashi, pashi)

bata, batan(ばた、ばたん) = impact, often used for falling down

batan(ばたん) = door slamming (see also patan)

batchiri(ばっちり) = precise, proper, accurate

becho(べ ちょ) dropping something. K-san says it means dropping something sticky (and see beto beto), but we've seen it used for Yuusuke dropping Kuwabara. Maybe Kuwabara was sticky at the moment.

bee, bee da(べえ、べえだ) = rudeness, what you say when you stick out your tongue and pull down your eyelid at someone. From 'Bero bero akkan-bee (or akanbei).' Like the mocking Western 'nya nya!'

bero(べろ) = peeling back

bero bero(べろ　べろ) = licking over and over, stronger than pero

betari(べたり) = people or objects that stick together (physically or metaphorically)

beto beto(べと　べと) = sticky, gummy

bi, biiii(び、びいいい) = highpitched sound: shriek, wail (see also kiiii)

bicha bicha(びちゃ　びちゃ) small splash (see also bashan for medium splash, zabun for big splash)

bichi bichi(びち　びち) = flopping, smacking

biku, bikun, bikkun(びく、びくん、びっくん) = surprise (see also piku)

biri(びり) = electricity, energy

biri biri(びり　びり) = tearing, as in ripping cloth, opening a potato chip bag (see also bari, piri)

biron(びろん) = tongue hanging out

bishi = whip, slap, smack, depending on the degree of power

bo(ぼ) flame, fire (see also gooo, guooo, po). W-san: "'Bo' is like the 'whoosh' of a gas range turned on."

bo(ぼ) = sluggish and exhausted (see also doyon)

bochan(ぼちゃん) = kerplunk (see also pochan)

bochi bochi(ぼち　ぼち) = something happening steadily, as in water dripping

bokan(ぼかん) = sudden impact

boketto(ぼけっと) = gazing vacantly

boko(ぼこ) = boiling, bubbling. Can also be any 'pop' or bursting sound. (see also buku)

bon(ぼん) = sound of magical transformation
or appearance, often seen with a puff of smoke (see also pon/pom, dororonpa)

bosa bosa(ぼさぼさ) = unkempt, also sitting around lazily

boso boso(ぼそ　ぼそ) = muttering, speaking in a hushed, unclear voice. M.J. says of boso, busu, and musu: "All of them what muttered sulky Japanese sounds like–'bananas bananas' said through the nose, so to speak; because you don't complain out loud." (see also busu, guzu, gyaa, musu)

bota(ぼ た) = dripping, possibly something thick dripping, like blood. Compare to pi, picha, po, pota. (see also dara dara for thick liquid dripping)

boto boto, bote(ぼと　ぼと、ぼて) = falling

botsu(ぼつ) = whoosh

buchi(ぶち) snap. Can be used metaphorically, such as when Hiei snaps under the pressure of learning he's a father.

buchi buchi(ぶち　ぶち) = ripping, tearing

buchu(ぶちっう) = kiss (see also chu, nchu, uchu)

buku, bukubuku(ぶく、ぶくぶく) = swelling, something swollen (see also puku)

buku, bukubuku(ぶく、ぶくぶく) = boiling, bubbles

bui(ぶい) = 'V' for victory. Sound of fingers making the V-sign.

bunchchacha(ぶんちっちゃちゃ) = music. Yes, really. Bun is a slow beat and cha cha quick beats. (see also runtata)

bun, buun(ぶん、ぶうん) = swish

buun(ぶうん) = buzz, whir, as of an insect

buran(ぶらん) = hanging, dangling

burororo(ぶろろろ) = sound of a loud motor, as of an automobile (see also oooo)

Buru(ぶる) = a head being shaken violently in the negative

busu busu(ぶす　ぶす) = the sound of something smoldering or smoking. Used for the embers after Hiei's fire attacks. (see also pusu pusu)

busu, busu busu, usuto, butsu(ぶす、ぶす　ぶす、うすと、ぶすつ) = muttered complaining (see boso, guzu, gyaa, musu)

buwa(ぶわ) = explosion

buyo buyo(ぶよ　ぶよ) = squishy and swollen, waterlogged

bwahaha(ぶっわはは) = evil laugh, same as fwahaha, gahaha, gwahaha

byu(ぶゅ) = quick movement, such as the leaps Hiei makes (see also hyu, gyu, pyu)