コンコン

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

tap-tap; knock-knock; bang-bang

Onomatopoeia for light, repeated knocking or tapping sounds, such as knocking on a door.

• 誰だれかがドアをコンコンとノックした。

  Someone knocked tap-tap on the door.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

cough-cough

Onomatopoeia for a light, dry cough, often repeated.

• 風邪かぜでコンコンと咳せきが出でる。

  I have a cough-cough cough from a cold.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

bark (of a fox); yelp

Onomatopoeia for the sharp, high-pitched bark or cry of a fox.

• 夜よる、山やまでキツネがコンコンと鳴ないていた。

  At night, a fox was yelping in the mountains.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

heavily (of snow falling)

Describes snow falling thickly and steadily, often in a quiet, accumulating manner.

• 雪ゆきがコンコンと降ふり積つもっている。

  The snow is falling heavily and piling up.

noun

fox (child language)

Childish word for fox, derived from the fox's call. Used mainly by or to young children.

See also: きつね

• ほら、コンコンがいるよ。

  Look, there's a fox!