N21557/1725

ドキドキ

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particlenoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

thump-thump, bang-bang, pit-a-pat, pitapat, pitter-patter
to beat fast (of one's heart), to throb, to pound, to palpitate

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Example sentences

試験しけんの前まえは心臓しんぞうがドキドキする。

My heart pounds before an exam.

彼女かのじょに告白こくはくしようとしたとき、胸むねがドキドキして言葉ことばが出でなかった。

When I tried to confess to her, my heart was pounding so hard that I couldn't find the words.

ジェットコースターに乗のるたびにドキドキが止とまらない。

Every time I ride a roller coaster, my heart won't stop racing.

結果けっか発表はっぴょうを待まつ間あいだ、ドキドキしながら画面がめんを見みつめていた。

While waiting for the results to be announced, I stared at the screen with my heart pounding.

初はじめて舞台ぶたいに立たった瞬間しゅんかん、心臓しんぞうがドキドキと激はげしく打うち、足あしが震ふるえた。

The moment I stood on stage for the first time, my heart beat wildly and my legs trembled.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)