3

むっちりとした太股 was translated as “plump thighs”. Can I make an onomatopoeia into an adjective by adding とした?

user3856370
  • 28,484
  • 6
  • 42
  • 148
Catdog
  • 527
  • 1
  • 7
  • Does this answer your question: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/74972/9831 – Chocolate Dec 26 '22 at 03:07
  • 2
    Does this answer your question? [Meaning of (と)した in やんわりとした暖房](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/74965/meaning-of-%e3%81%a8%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f-in-%e3%82%84%e3%82%93%e3%82%8f%e3%82%8a%e3%81%a8%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e6%9a%96%e6%88%bf). とした works well with most "visual trait" type onomatopoeias, aka 擬態語/mimesis. – naruto Dec 26 '22 at 03:49

1 Answers1

1

Short answer is no.

In most monolingual dictionaries, those onomatopoeias are noted explicitly as such.

むっちり

1 〘副〙 (多く「と」を伴って用いる) ① 肌に張りがあって肉付きのよいさまを表わす語

Onomatopoeias describing sounds can rarely be used with とした - ザーザー(rain), しとしと(rain)、ビュービュー(wind) won't work with と(した).

Those describing a state mostly work with とした - ニコニコ(smile), つるつる(polished or slippery). But exceptions are not rare: カチカチとした (hard) doesn't work, it should be カチカチの to modify a noun.

sundowner
  • 27,620
  • 1
  • 16
  • 51