ぶつぶつ

Japanese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぶつぶつ [búꜜtsùbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] — adverb
  • (Tokyo) ぶつぶつ [bùtsúbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1] — noun
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟t͡sɨbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Adverb

ぶつぶつ or ブツブツ • (butsubutsu)  (optionally as ぶつぶつと (butsubutsu to)) (onomatopoeia)

  1. grumbling, complaining, muttering
    ぶつぶつ言(い)うなよ。 ― Butsubutsu iu na yo. ― Stop complaining.
  2. (cooking) simmering
  3. cutting into thin pieces
  4. poking many holes

Noun

ぶつぶつ • (butsubutsu) 

  1. rash, spots, pimples, bumps on the skin

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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