どさどさ
どさどさ
adverb
with a thud; in large amounts
1.
with heavy thuds; with repeated dull sounds
Describes the sound or manner of heavy objects falling or being dropped repeatedly.
本がどさどさと棚から落ちた。
Books fell from the shelf with heavy thuds.
荷物をどさどさと床に置いた。
I set the luggage down on the floor with heavy thuds.
地震で屋根から瓦がどさどさと落ちてきた。
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.
注文がどさどさ入ってきた。
Orders came flooding in.
雪がどさどさと降っている。
Snow is falling heavily.
年末になると仕事がどさどさと増えて、毎日残業だ。
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) that conveys both heaviness and repeated quantity. It evokes the sound and feel of heavy things falling or arriving one after another.
PATTERN:
Often followed by と: どさどさと落ちる, どさどさと届く.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- どさどさと落ちる: to fall with heavy thuds
- どさどさ入る: to come flooding in
- どさどさ増える: to pile up rapidly
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