How to say "dripping" in Japanese

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  • adverb (with と)Covers liquid flowing or streaming down continuously and in quantity rather than falling as separate drops — sweat pouring down the face or blood streaming from a wound.
    汗あせがダラダラです。↗
    I'm dripping with sweat.
  • adverb (with と), suru verbDescribes liquid falling as separate drops, one after another — a dripping tap, or drops falling from wet hair or a leaky roof.
    パイプから水みずがぽたぽた落おちているのが聞きこえるでしょ。↗
    You can hear the water dripping from the pipe.
  • adverb (with と)Covers a slow, thin, steady flow — liquid trickling or dribbling down little by little, as sweat does down the forehead or back.

Choose 「ポタポタ」 for liquid falling drop by drop, 「だらだら」 for liquid streaming down copiously and continuously, and 「たらたら」 for a slow, thin trickle running steadily down.

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