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Sound & Noise

どたん

dotan

Heavy thud of falling

The dull, heavy thud of a person or large object falling to the floor. A single, solid impact with weight behind it.

💡Used when someone falls down, a heavy box drops, or something crashes to the floor.

Example

隣の部屋からどたんと大きな物音が聞こえた。

A heavy thud came from the next room.

Quiz yourself

Something fell ___ upstairs in the middle of the night.

夜中に二階から___と何かが落ちる音がした。

fallingthudheavycrashfloor
Intermediate