⚫️Japanese onomatopoeia Vol. 17 “BOTON” by Kay Koyama (JPN)
“BOTON” describes a sound that a some heavy, round thing falls to the ground or into the water,
“The thing”s are such as frong. OHAGI red bean cake, or egg.
“BOTON” probably expresses, to Japanese, the sound that the rather small round thing takes advantage of the gravity of the planet Earth to fall (lol).
⚫️How to use “BOTON”
If you use the word in a sentence, “BOTON” needs a particle, “TO.”
★KAELU GA IKE NI “BOTON” TO OCHITA. → A frog fell into a pond.
★OHAGI GA YUKA NI BOTON TM OCHITA.→ OHAGI red bean cake fell onto the floor.
⚫️Pronunciation of “BOTON”
1 ボ
2 TO (High est pitch)
3 「N」