pichi-pichi
The lively flopping and splashing of fresh fish — a fish jumping out of water, a caught fish thrashing on deck, or fish flipping in a net. Suggests freshness and vitality.
💡At a fishing port watching the catch — 'The freshly caught fish were flopping pichi-pichi on the deck.'
釣ったばかりの魚がぴちぴち跳ねている。
The freshly caught fish were flopping pichi-pichi.
The fish in the bucket were still alive, flopping ___ energetically.
バケツの中の魚はまだ生きていて、○○と元気に跳ねていた。