PICCHA-RI ぴっちゃり
Meanings
Describes the small sound of a little liquid moving, splashing, or being disturbed.
Examples
The dog lapped at the milk in the bowl with small wet splashing sounds.
器に入ったミルクを犬がぴっちゃり舐めた。
Dogmatic Opinion
I cannot find PICCHA-RI as an established dictionary word.
Because PICHA-PICHA represents the light splashing of water, PICCHA-RI gives me a related image of a small amount of liquid moving and making a wet sound.
I am making this up rather freely. That is part of the point of including it here.
Related Words
For Japanese Learners
A small splash, a little sloshing sound, or a small wet lapping sound may fit depending on the scene. This is a nonstandard expressive form, so describing the actual sound is safer than presenting one fixed English equivalent as authoritative.
