Illustration: A gust through an open balcony window has just slammed a hinged interior door in a Japanese apartment. The door is fully against its frame, its loose handle still vibrating, while a lightweight curtain billows from the incoming air.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

バタン

batan

with a bang, with a slam

Example sentences

  1. バタンとドアを閉しめた。

    I slammed the door shut.

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  2. ドアをバタンと閉しめるな。

    Don’t shut the door with a bang.

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  3. 玄関げんかんのドアがバタンと閉しまるのが聞きこえた。

    I heard the front door slam.

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