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Sound & Noise

じゃらじゃら

jara-jara

Jingling chains or coins

The clinking, jingling sound of metal objects — chains rattling, a handful of coins clinking together, or metal beads swaying.

💡Shaking a piggy bank full of coins — 'The coins clinked jara-jara inside the jar.'

Example

小銭をじゃらじゃら鳴らしながらポケットに手を入れた。

I put my hand in my pocket, jingling coins jara-jara.

Quiz yourself

He walked down the hall with his keys ___ in his pocket.

ポケットの鍵を○○鳴らしながら廊下を歩いた。

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Intermediate