Elite Japanese dictionary company Kojien has identified three categories of Japanese onomatopoeia: (1) giseigo, (2) giongio, and (3) gitaigo.
Giseigo, or words that imitate animate voices, most closely resembles the English equivalent of onomatopoeia. Giseigo includes onomatopoeia related to animal sounds such as「ワンワン」(wan-wan), or the barking of
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