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.
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.
どさどさ emphasizes both the heaviness and the quantity/repetition of something falling or arriving.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- どさどさと落ちる: to fall with thuds
- どさどさ入る: to come in large amounts
CONTRAST:
- どさっと: single heavy thud
- ぱたぱた: light flapping or pattering
- ざくざく: crunching through something