どたばた

Readings

Kana: どたばた、ドタバタ

Romaji: dotabata, dotabata

Definitions

adv

adv-to

vs

1

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word

noun

2

slapstick

Note: abbreviation

See also: ドタバタ喜劇 (reading ドタバタきげき)

Example Sentence

少年(しょうねん)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.