表層形
ゴックン
副詞
ゴックン
Gokkun · ごっくん — gulp, gulping, swallowing
Other ways to say “gulp” in Japanese →
ゴックン in rōmaji: gokkun.
副詞
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Updated: 2026年10月1日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
ゴックン
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
ごっくん
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| 読み (Reading) |
ゴックン
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| 品詞 (POS) |
副詞・*・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
ゴックン
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| 読み・基本形 |
ゴックン
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| 表記・基本形 |
ゴックン
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| 見出し語の読み |
ゴックン
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How it's used
Casual, onomatopoeic expression used when someone swallows something, often with a visible Adam's apple movement.
彼は水をゴックンと飲んだ。
Kare wa mizu o gokkun to nonda.
He gulped down the water.
緊張してゴックンと唾を飲み込んだ。
Kincho shite gokkun to tsuba o nomikonda.
Nervously, he swallowed his saliva with a gulp.
⚖️ Commonly confused with ゴクゴク (gokugoku), which suggests repeated gulping sounds, while ゴックン is a single swallow.
💡 English Meaning
ゴックン means “gulp, gulping, swallowing” — full definition & examples →
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (ゴックン) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (ごっくん) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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