バタバタ
batabata

Suru Verb
To-Adverb

1. flapping; rattling; fluttering

Onomatopoeia
Suru Verb
To-Adverb

2. (running) with a clatter; noisily; thrashing (around); floundering; flailing

Onomatopoeia
あか ぼう あしをばたばたさせて きわめいていた。
akambōwa ashio batabata sasete nakiwameite ita.
The baby was kicking and screaming.
To-Adverb

3. (falling) one after another; in quick succession

Onomatopoeia
Suru Verb
To-Adverb

4. busily; hurriedly; in a fluster; in a rush; rushing around; bustling about; scurrying

Onomatopoeia
かれはいつもばたばたと活動 かつどうしている。
karewa itsumo batabatato katsudō shite iru.
He is always up and doing.
To-Adverb

5. quickly; briskly; with dispatch

Onomatopoeia
Noun

6. motorcycle; three-wheeler truck

Colloquial
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