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Nature & Environment

どさどさ

dosa-dosa

Things falling or piling heavily

Multiple heavy things falling or being dumped in succession—snow from a roof, fruit from a tree, or books piling up.

💡Used for snow sliding off a roof, ripe fruit dropping, heavy items being dumped, or things cascading down.

Example

屋根から雪がどさどさと落ちてきた。

Snow came falling heavily from the roof in clumps.

Quiz yourself

Ripe apples were ___ dropping from the tree.

熟したリンゴが木から___と落ちていた。

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