Illustration: At a neighborhood bicycle parking area, a student is searching a bag while holding a bicycle steady with one hip. A friend approaches from behind and gives the student's shoulder a single gentle pat with a loose, open hand.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぽん

pon

with a light tap

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはぽんと手てを打うった。

    I clapped my hands.

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  2. 彼かれは私わたしの肩かたをぽんとたたいた。

    He tapped me on the shoulder.

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  3. 私わたしは彼かれの背中せなかをぽんとたたいた。

    I clapped him on the back.

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