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    3. はっと

    はっと

    はっと

    with a start

    NTEmotions & PsychologyKana Vocab6 strokes

    はっとハッと

    Adverb, Verb, Noun, Participle

    1.
    with a start, in surprise
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Adverb

    2.
    suddenly (realize, remember, etc.), all of a sudden
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    3.
    puffing (air), with a puff
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    4.
    suddenly (of a movement or change)
    onomatopoeic or mimetic wordobsolete term
    5.
    standing out, being showy, being gaudy
    onomatopoeic or mimetic wordarchaic

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    Kana that make up this word

    は
    ha
    っ
    small tsu
    と
    to
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