Illustration: In an apartment kitchen at night, a faucet has not quite closed and releases separate round drops into a metal bowl beneath it. One drop bulges from the spout, another hangs midway down, and a fresh circular ripple marks the previous drop's landing.

ポタポタ

potapota

drop by drop, dripping

Example sentences

水道すいどうの蛇口じゃぐちから水みずがポタポタ落おちてたよ。
Water was dripping from the tap.
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パイプから水みずがぽたぽた落おちているのが聞きこえるでしょ。
You can hear the water dripping from the pipe.
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台所だいどころの蛇口じゃぐちから水みずがポタポタと落おちている。
Water is dripping from the tap in the kitchen.
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