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Japanese
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia, in imitation of the sound of someone gagging (compare English gag), or the sound of someone burping.[1]
Adverb
げいげい or ゲーゲー • (geigei)
- (dated) gaggingly, heavingly
- 朝から何にも食べていないので、げいげいと吐くものは飲んだ水と黄色い液体ばかりであった。
- Asa kara nanni mo tabete inai no de, geigei to haku mono wa nonda mizu to kīroi ekitai bakari de atta.
- I hadn't had anything at all to eat since morning, so what I gaggingly threw up was just the water I drank and a yellow liquid.
- (dated) belchingly, burpingly
Usage notes
Followed by the particle と (to).
Noun
げいげい or ゲーゲー • (geigei)
- (dated) a burp, a belch
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of げいげい – see the following entry.
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| (This term, げいげい (geigei), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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