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In the Japanese Weather Show "Weather News Live", they often show this graphic
to describe the weather using onomatopoeias. However, what does ドカドカ mean?

ドカドカ by definition on jisho.org means "Noisily with loud footsteps" or
"Walking Strongly Sound". This doesn't seem to imply weather, unlike the other
words. Giving some clues is how it's nestled between words describing snow and
words describing sleet and blizzards, so I suspect will likely be implying
some sort of snow condition? Perhaps this is the sound when you're walking
through fresh laid snow, (where each of your steps sinks into the snow a bit
compacting the snow causing a sound effect)?
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What is the meaning of ドカドカ from a weather perspective?
Take a look at the entry for
"[どかどか](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8B/)"
on デジタル大辞泉.

> ［副］  
>  １大勢の者が足音をたてて、さわがしく出入りするさま。「客が―（と）入ってくる」  
>  ２物事が一時に集中するさま。「問い合わせが―（と）来る」「入学の諸費用が―（と）必要になる」

While it is true that "どかどか" is strongly associated with the "thud-thud"
produced by footsteps, it is also used to evoke the idea of things being or
moving in large quantities at a time.

Here are a few examples found on the web involving the precipitation of snow.

> どかどかと降っております、雪。 ([Link](https://ameblo.jp/te-ju-
> concierge/entry-11117517922.html?utm_source=gamp&utm_medium=ameba&utm_content=general__te-
> ju-concierge&utm_campaign=gamp_paginationList))

> たまには東京もどかどかっと降ってほしいものです。
> ([Link](https://blog.nyanscaptain.com/archives/1815))

> 日本海側を中心に雪がドカドカと降り(...)
> ([Link](http://dcsmt.wni.co.jp/news/detail.html?tpid=202102230215))

There is also a related term,
"[ドカ雪](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8B%E9%9B%AA-582134)".

I think it's a fair bet the semantic extension from the "thud" sound to the
idea of large quantities simply traces the reality of a loud sound being made
by things in large quantities as they move or come into contact with some
object.

A quick tangential aside -- "どかどか" can also describe the way a single
individual walks or runs, and sometimes it has more to do with the manner
(rushed, inelegant, discourteous, etc.) or how the speaker feels about it than
the sound per se. A couple of examples:

>
> しかし自分の屋敷の庭をどかどかと歩かれて、そのまま見過ごすわけにはいかぬ。([Link](https://www.jacom.or.jp/column/2017/04/170416-32492.php))

The "どかどか" in this sentence is indicative of the rudeness and offense he felt
of the trespassing.

>
> 今日はたまこちゃんが、マック君の上をどかどかと歩いてくれた。([Link](https://fuukintei.exblog.jp/11559584/))

This sentence recounts how the writer's cat Tamako took an insouciant stroll
across her Mac computer. (I doubt that any loud sound resembling a thud was
actually made in the process.)
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