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びちびち

bichi-bichi

Fish flopping on land

The slapping, flapping sound of a fish out of water, desperately flopping around trying to get back in.

💡Used for caught fish on a boat deck, fish in a shallow bucket, or a fish that jumped out of a tank.

Example

釣った魚がびちびちとバケツの中で跳ねていた。

The caught fish was flopping around in the bucket.

Quiz yourself

The fish was ___ flopping on the deck of the boat.

魚が船の甲板で___と跳ねていた。

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