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ごろごろ

goro-goro

Boulders rolling, rumbling

The heavy, rumbling sound of large stones rolling down a slope, or rocks tumbling in a riverbed. In nature contexts, evokes geological power.

💡Rocks tumbling down a mountain after rain — 'Boulders were rolling goro-goro down the slope.'

Example

大きな石がごろごろと斜面を転がり落ちた。

Large rocks rolled goro-goro down the slope.

Quiz yourself

After the earthquake, rocks were ___ tumbling down the mountainside.

地震の後、岩が山の斜面を○○と転がり落ちた。

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