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ぽこぽこ

poko-poko

Bubbles popping gently

The soft, rhythmic sound of small bubbles rising and popping on a water surface — a hot spring bubbling, mud pots percolating, or a gentle boil.

💡A natural hot spring bubbling — 'The hot spring was bubbling poko-poko at the surface.'

Example

温泉がぽこぽこと湧いている。

The hot spring is bubbling poko-poko.

Quiz yourself

The mud pool was ___ bubbling in the geothermal area.

地熱地帯で泥の池が○○と泡を立てていた。

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