カタカタ

adverb taking the 'to' particle, adverb, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

clattering; rattling

Onomatopoeic word for light, hard objects hitting each other repeatedly, like typing on a keyboard or small items shaking.

• キーボードをカタカタと打うつ音おとが聞きこえる。

  I can hear the clattering sound of typing on a keyboard.

• 机つくえの上うえの小こ物ものがカタカタと揺ゆれた。

  The small items on the desk rattled.