How to say "rattling" in Japanese

• ガタガタCommon
  adverb (with と), suru verbThe default choice for rattling: hard objects knocking and clattering against each other, such as a loose window, a bolted door, or items jolted in a moving vehicle. It suggests loud, uneven clattering.
  嵐あらしが雨戸あまどをがたがたとならした。↗

  The storm rattled the shutters.
• バタバタCommon
  adverb (with と), suru verbCovers light, rapid flapping or fluttering sounds, and by extension quick clattering rattles. For the ordinary rattling of hard loose objects, ガタガタ is usually the word you want instead.
• ザラザラCommon
  adverb (with と)Used for the rattling of small, hard granular things such as beans or beads shifting together. It is a narrow, specific sense; for general rattling of larger objects it is not the word you want.

Use 「ガタガタ」 for hard objects clattering loosely, 「バタバタ」 for light flapping or rapid clattering sounds, and 「ザラザラ」 for the rattling of small granular things like beans or beads.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• がたがたrattling
• ばたばたflapping
• かたかたclattering
• がたごとrattling
• ざらざらrattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
• からからrattling