どたばた – vocab dash

どたばた

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Meanings

Adverb

Adverb taking と

Suru verb

1. noisily (running around); with heavy feet (Onomatopoeia)

2. in a fluster; in a flurry; in a panic (Onomatopoeia)

Noun

3. slapstick (Abbreviation)

Other readings

ドタバタ

Examples6

少しょう年ねんたちは２階かいでどたばた暴あばれていた。

The boys were banging about upstairs.

家いえの中なかでどたばたするな。

Don't run around the house.

学がっ校こうの教きょう室しつでどたばたするな。

Don't run around the classrooms.

小ちいさな子こ供どものいる家か庭ていは、毎まい日にちがどたばたして大たい変へんだと思おもう。

I expect every day is chaos for families with small children.

彼かれは廊ろう下かをドタバタ走はしった。

He ran noisily through the passage.

甥おいっ子こと姪めいっ子こが遊あそびに来きたのはいいが、朝あさから晩ばんまでどたばたと家中かちゅうを走はしり回まわり、うるさくて仕し方かたがない。

It's great that my nephew and niece came over to play, but they're so annoying making such a racket running all over the house all day that I can't stand it.