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Does anyone know what 「いらり」 mean, I'm having trouble finding it in any online dictionary (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For additional context it is from the anime 「のんのんびより」

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

While there seems to be a more specific explanation in this case, I believe it's fairly common that for onomatopoeic or mimetic words with repeating syllables the last one can be replaced by り、ん or something else. E.g. ぺたぺた、ぺたり、ぺたん、ぺたんこ. So your result is close enough I'd say.

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