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Sound & Noise

ざくざく

zaku-zaku

Crunching / digging

The satisfying crunching sound of walking on gravel or snow, or the rhythmic sound of digging into soil.

💡Walking through fresh snow on a winter morning — 'My boots went zaku-zaku through the snow.'

Example

新雪の上をざくざくと歩いた。

I walked zaku-zaku through the fresh snow.

Quiz yourself

We walked ___ through the gravel path toward the shrine.

砂利道を○○と歩いて神社に向かった。

crunchingsnowgraveldiggingsatisfying
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