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Sound & Noise

ばきばき

baki-baki

Hard cracking, breaking sounds repeatedly

Repeated hard cracking or snapping sounds — branches breaking, knuckles cracking, or something stiff being forced apart.

💡A typhoon tearing at trees — 'Branches snapped baki-baki all night.'

Example

台風で枝がばきばきと折れた。

Branches snapped baki-baki in the typhoon.

Quiz yourself

The dry branches broke ___ under his boots.

台風で枝が○○と折れた。

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Intermediate