"わいわい" meaning in Japanese

See わいわい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: わいわい [canonical], ワイワイ [canonical], waiwai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ワイワイ}} わいわい or ワイワイ • (waiwai)
  1. (onomatopoeia) noisily Tags: onomatopoeic
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Download raw JSONL data for わいわい meaning in Japanese (0.9kB)

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