"くらくら" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟ɾa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠] Forms: くらくら [canonical], クラクラ ^ [canonical], kurakura [romanization], くらくら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: May related to 眩(くら)む (kuramu, “to be dizzied by”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|眩む|くらむ|t=to be dizzied by}} 眩(くら)む (kuramu, “to be dizzied by”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|クラクラ|hhira=くらくら|opt=と}} くらくら or クラクラ • (kurakura) ^(←くらくら (kurakura)?) (optionally as くらくらと (kurakura to)), {{tlb|ja|ideophonic}} (ideophonic)
  1. dizzy and wanting to faint Tags: ideophonic Related terms: くらっと (kuratto), くらり (kurari)
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    }
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}

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