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Sound & Noise

しゃかしゃか

shaka-shaka

Brisk shaking or rustling sound

A light, rapid shaking or swishing sound — a cocktail shaker, a matcha whisk, or nylon fabric rubbing together.

💡Making matcha — 'The bamboo whisk goes shaka-shaka.'

Example

茶筅をしゃかしゃかと振ってお茶を点てた。

I whisked the tea shaka-shaka with the bamboo whisk.

Quiz yourself

He shook the cocktail shaker ___ rhythmically.

茶筅を○○と振ってお茶を点てた。

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Intermediate