Japanese Manga Onomatopoeias
The Japanese comic style known as ‘Manga‘(wiki) uses all sorts of sound effects that go far beyond the old ‘POW’, ‘BANG’, and ‘BAM’ that most westerners grew up with . They have a rich textual symbology of onomatopoeias that when translated can cause some confusion. I can see how ‘fwahaha’ would mean an evil laugh but I’m at a loss as how ‘zuzu’ is the sound that drinking through a straw makes.
If you are a reader of manga than you should find this list helpful.
Japanese Sound effects and what they mean
Posted: May 1st, 2007
at 6:15pm by John
Tagged with Japan
Categories: Japan
/*Comments: No comments
*/









