にぎやか

にぎやか · nigiyaka · JLPT N5 · na-adj

bustling

🎪 sounds like knee-gi-YAK-a: lots of yakking = a bustling, lively place

The middle of nigiyaka holds yak, as in yakking away. Where many people are yakking at once, the place is noisy, lively and busy. Written 賑やか, it is a na-adjective: nigiyaka na machi = a bustling town.

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