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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.

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

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.

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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