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The song's all about teetering off the precipice of desire, and the title's an onomatopoeia for your heartbeat.

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Because there is no onomatopoeia that could distill the noises this animal makes.

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One type is onomatopoeia; for example, words that describe a cat’s meow or a rooster’s crow are similar across many languages.

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An even more challenging and creative way to use body percussion is to create onomatopoeia in accordance with the lyrics, mimicking or relating to the sounds presented in the rhyme.

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Among his voluminous output, he is most proud of his 1970s “Kotoba Asobi Uta” series, which utilized singsong alliterations and onomatopoeia, as the title “Word Play Songs” implies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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