“Clicking” in Japanese
Short answer
ビビビッ
bibibi
Clicking in Japanese is “ビビビッ” (bibibi). Full meaning: clicking (with someone), feeling an immediate connection; beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm).
Other ways to say “Clicking” in Japanese
戛戛
katsukatsu clicking, clopping, clacking
ピピピッ
pipipi clicking (with someone), feeling an immediate connection; beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm)
ぴぴぴっ
pipipi clicking (with someone), feeling an immediate connection; beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm)
びびびっ
bibibi clicking (with someone), feeling an immediate connection; beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm)
パチパチ
pachipachi crackling, cracking, snapping, popping, clicking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
カチカチ
kachikachi ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock), knocking, clicking, clacking, clattering; dry and hard, (frozen) stiff
コツコツ
kotsukotsu steadily, unflaggingly, untiringly, laboriously, diligently; knocking, tapping, clicking, drumming
丁々
chouchou (sound of) hitting repeatedly, pummelling, clashing, clacking, clicking (e.g. of go stones); with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
バチバチ
bachibachi crackling, cracking, snapping, popping, clicking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
ぱちぱち
pachipachi crackling, cracking, snapping, popping, clicking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
ばちばち
bachibachi crackling, cracking, snapping, popping, clicking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
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