Illustration: Before a school assembly begins, the seated audience has broken into dozens of small conversations. Students lean across aisles, twist backward in their chairs and speak with hands raised near their mouths; several adults exchange puzzled remarks near the wall.

ざわざわ

zawazawa

noisily, in a commotion

Example sentences

開演前かいえんまえの会場かいじょうはとてもざわざわしていた。
There was a lot of clamour in the venue before the performance began.
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転校生てんこうせいが来くると聞きいてクラスはざわざわと色いろめき立たった。
Hearing that a transfer student was coming, the class buzzed with excitement.
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食堂しょくどうがざわざわしていて、友達ともだちの声こえが聞きこえない。
The cafeteria is so noisy that I can’t hear my friend.
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