POTTA-RI ぽったり
Meanings
・The light sound of a drop of water, something soft, or a tiny object falling. Also, the appearance of it.
Examples
・Ink from a fountain pen fell off the nib and onto the manuscript.
万年筆のインクがペン先からぽったりと落ちて、原稿についた。
・When I ate the rice ball, I remembered my hometown and a drop of tear came out.
おにぎりを食べたら、ふるさとを思い出して、涙がぽったり出た。
Dogmatic Opinion
A drop of water that falls after the tap is completely turned off.
If there are many drops, they are described as “Pota Pota” or “Potari Potari”.
There is no momentum to the fall, it is like letting gravity do the work.
The quantity is also extremely small.
Almost the same as “Pottori”.
To the extent that we are conscious of the falling water droplets, I feel that our mental state is sentimental.
Proximate Expression
drip
