どさどさ

どさどさ
adverb
with a thud; in large amounts
descriptiveonomatopoeia
1. with heavy thuds; with repeated dull sounds
Describes the sound or manner of heavy objects falling or being dropped repeatedly.
本(ほん)がどさどさと棚(たな)から落(お)ちた。
Books fell from the shelf with heavy thuds.
荷物(にもつ)をどさどさと床(ゆか)に置(お)いた。
I set the luggage down on the floor with heavy thuds.
地震(じしん)で屋根(やね)から瓦(かわら)がどさどさと落(お)ちてきた。
Roof tiles came crashing down one after another in the earthquake.
2. in large amounts; one after another
Describes things arriving, falling, or accumulating in large quantities in succession.
注文(ちゅうもん)がどさどさ入(はい)ってきた。
Orders came flooding in.
雪(ゆき)がどさどさと降(ふ)っている。
Snow is falling heavily.
年末(ねんまつ)になると仕事(しごと)がどさどさと増(ふ)えて、毎日(まいにち)残業(ざんぎょう)だ。
At the end of the year, work piles up in huge amounts and I end up working overtime every day.

どさどさ is an onomatopoeic word (擬音語(ぎおんご)) that conveys both heaviness and repeated quantity. It evokes the sound and feel of heavy things falling or arriving one after another.

Common patterns

Often followed by と: どさどさと落(お)ちる, どさどさと届(とど)く.

Common collocations

Related onomatopoeia

  • どさっ(と): a single heavy thud (one-time event)
  • ばたばた: repeated flapping or rushing around
  • ぱたぱた: light pattering or flapping
  • どかどか: heavy stomping; barging in

Related Words

Related: ばたばた (repeated flapping or rushing around)
Related: ぱたぱた (light pattering or flapping)
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Added 2026.1.17 6:25 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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