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Sound & Noise

どたどた

dota-dota

Heavy stomping, clomping

Loud, heavy footsteps — someone running clumsily up the stairs, or children chasing each other around the house.

💡Kids running upstairs — 'I could hear them stomping dota-dota above me.'

Example

子供たちがどたどた走り回っている。

The children are running around dota-dota.

Quiz yourself

The upstairs neighbors were ___ running around late at night.

夜遅くに上の階の住人が○○走り回っていた。

childrenhomeschoolmorningnight
Intermediate