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Nature & Environment

どくどく

doku-doku

Gushing, pulsing flow

A rhythmic, pulsing flow of liquid — water gushing from a broken pipe, a spring spurting, or blood pulsing from a wound. Conveys forceful outpouring.

💡Water gushing from a mountain spring — 'Clear water was flowing doku-doku from the hillside.'

Example

山の湧き水がどくどくと流れている。

Mountain spring water flows doku-doku.

Quiz yourself

Spring water ___ flowed from the crack in the mossy cliff.

苔むした崖の割れ目から湧き水が○○と流れ出ていた。

mountainstreamspringriversummer
Intermediate