Vocabulary

What does バタバタ (batabata) mean?

バタバタ means flapping; rattling; fluttering.

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Readingバタバタ
Romajibatabata
Part of speechadverb, suru verb
バタバタ
batabata

flapping; rattling; fluttering

  1. 1adverb · adv-to · suru verb flapping; rattling; fluttering
  2. 2adverb · adv-to · suru verb (running) with a clatter; noisily; thrashing (around)
  3. 3adverb · adv-to (falling) one after another; in quick succession
  4. 4adverb · adv-to · suru verb busily; hurriedly; in a fluster
  5. 5adverb · adv-to quickly; briskly; with dispatch

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