質問: What's the meaning of ポンポンしている in the following sentence? Context: a girl is touching his friend's boxing gloves and then says: > > へーなんかポンポンしててカワイー > > > Of all the meanings I found on dictionaries (cheerleaders' pom-poms as a noun, bang-bang, one after another, outspokenly as adverbs/onomatopoeia) none seems to fit the context. Could it mean that they are soft like cheerleaders' pom-poms, and therefore cute (even though I don't think boxing gloves are that soft)? Thank you for your help!
回答: ポンポン is pong-pong or pompon. It's one of onomatopoeia and mimetic words like ping-pong or ding-dong or tick-tack. Sounds like bouncy like this.