ぴょんぴょん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

hopping; skipping; jumping lightly

Describes a light, bouncy, repeated jumping motion, like a rabbit or a child skipping.

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The rabbit is hopping around.

子こ供どもたちはぴょんぴょんとスキップしながら帰かえっていった。

The children went home skipping lightly.

ぴょんぴょん跳はねるto hop up and down repeatedly
うさぎが草くさの上うえをぴょんぴょん跳はねている。
The rabbit is hopping around on the grass.
ぴょんぴょん飛とぶto jump/bounce along repeatedly
子こ供どもたちがうれしそうにぴょんぴょん飛とんでいた。
The children were happily jumping up and down.

ぴょんN1
ぴょん describes a single light hop, while ぴょんぴょん describes the same motion repeated several times in a row.
ぴょこぴょこ
ぴょこぴょこ suggests a series of small, quick bobbing or popping-up movements (sometimes side to side), while ぴょんぴょん is specifically about repeated vertical hopping or jumping.
跳はねるN2
跳ねる is a plain verb meaning 'to jump/leap' and can describe a single jump, while ぴょんぴょん is a mimetic adverb that specifically conveys light, repeated hopping and is often used together with 跳ねる (ぴょんぴょん跳ねる).

ぴょんぴょんUsage51%
Standard hiragana spelling for this mimetic adverb.
ピョンピョンUsage49%
Katakana variant, often used for emphasis or in informal writing.

Onomatopoeic/mimetic word; the exact origin is uncertain, but it imitates the sound and motion of light, repeated hopping.