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Scattered, refreshed, round and round, roughly, thrilled, irritated, wandering, sparkling, wobbly, starving, exhausted. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

  adverb
ばらばら scattered, in pieces, disorganised
  adverb
すっきり refreshed, clear, neat
  adverb
ぐるぐる round and round
  adverb
ざっと roughly, briefly
  adverb
どきどき heart pounding
  adverb
わくわく thrilled, excited
  adverb
いらいら irritated, on edge
  adverb
うろうろ wandering aimlessly
  adverb
きらきら sparkling, glittering
  adverb
ふらふら unsteady, dizzy
  adverb
ぶらぶら strolling; dangling; idling
  adverb
ぺこぺこ starving; bowing repeatedly
  adverb
ぐったり exhausted, limp
  adverb
さっぱり refreshed; light (taste); not at all
  adverb
がらがら empty (of people); rattling
  adverb
ぴかぴか shiny, sparkling clean
  adverb
にこにこ smiling, beaming
  adverb
ぞくぞく shivering (with cold or excitement)
  adverb
ぐずぐず dawdling, dithering
  adverb
じっと still, fixedly, patiently
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Sound and manner words — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
strolling; dangling; idling
adverb
sparkling, glittering
adverb
round and round
adverb
unsteady, dizzy
adverb
still, fixedly, patiently
adverb
wandering aimlessly
adverb
shivering (with cold or excitement)
adverb
smiling, beaming
adverb
scattered, in pieces, disorganised
adverb
thrilled, excited
adverb
2    What does it mean?
どきどき
さっぱり
いらいら
がらがら
ぐったり
すっきり
ざっと
ぐずぐず
ぴかぴか
ぺこぺこ
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