Ore-Sama 俺様

In Japanese, ore-sama 俺様 is the over-the-top combination of the first person pronoun, ore 俺, and the polite honorific suffix sama 様. Basically, ore-sama means the same thing as ore, "I," "me," in English, except it's ridiculously pompous and people would only use it in real life as a joke.

Which means it's mostly a trope used in manga and anime. (just like kisama 貴様.)

Manga: School Rumble

• ore-sama ni
  fukujuu se yo.
  俺様に　服従せよ。
• Submit to me.
• I command thee to submit to THE GREAT ME.
• e... え…
  Eh...

Characters use ore-sama to imply they're extremely important. It's used by the type of character that would say "I'm the strongest" or "the smartest" or "the bestest" or stuff like that.

Kono Ore Da! この俺だ！

In Japanese, the phrase kono ore da! この俺だ！ translates literally to "it's this me!" But that sounds weird in English. So, in this post, I'll explain what kono ore means and how it works.

Manga: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken ジョジョの奇妙な冒険

• How It Works
• Hint of Self-Importance
• Kono Ore, Kono Watashi, Kono Boku
• Examples
• Kono Ore Da この俺だ
• Kono Ore Ga この俺が
• Kono Ore Yori この俺より
• Kono Ore-Sama この俺様
• Kono Boku この僕
• Kono (Insert Name Here)

Kono Dio Da! このディオだッ！

Kono Dio da! このディオだ！ is a phrase used by Dio in the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, and I'm making a post about it because the translation of kono Dio da eludes many Japanese learners.

(the small tsu ッ and the prolonged sound mark ー are other symbols in the panel above.)

Zawa Zawa ざわざわ

The word zawa zawa ざわざわ is a sound effect found in the gambling manga Tobaku Mokujiroku Kaiji 賭博黙示録カイジ, and in parodies of it. It normally shows up in tense, cold-sweat-breaking, anxiety-filled situations, which are common in the gambling series.

Awkwardly, zawa zawa is an onomatopoeia, and not a non-onomatopoeic mimetic word like gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. That is, in the anime adaptation, you get to hear the zawa zawa sound, and you assume the characters can hear it too.

Muda Muda Muda Muda 無駄無駄無駄無駄

In the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a certain character screams muda muda muda muda 無駄無駄無駄無駄 as his stand goes around punching people in the face, very much like ora ora ora ora is used by Jotarō and his Star Platinum.

Also similarly, this muda muda muda muda doesn't really mean anything besides the word muda repeated over and over. Although, indeed, a single muda 無駄 does mean something in Japanese.

Ora Ora Ora Ora オラオラオラオラ

If you watched JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, specially Stardust Crusaders, you've probably already heard Kujō Jotarō 空条 承太郎 and his stand, Star Platinum, screaming ORAORAORAORA オラオラオラオラ at everyone they punched. And you might have asked yourself: what does oraoraoraora mean in Japanese?

The answer is: not much.

(note in the picture above that ora ora ora ora is actually said, spoken in speech balloons, and not an onomatopoeia like the dodododo ドドドド)

Dodododo ドドドド

In Japanese, dodododo ドドドド is an onomatopoeia that has a number of uses.

In the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, dodododo ドドドド tends to show up when things are getting bizarre. When something sudden and unexpected happens, something of "real form unknown," shoutai-fumei 正体不明, etc.

A number of comedy manga parody this usage from JoJo, so, most of the time, dododo means this even when the manga isn't JoJo. (they also often parody gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ, by the way, another sound effect JoJo uses.)

Gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ

If you have read JoJo, or if you spent too much time on the internet browsing anime memes, you've probably come across this bizarre word formed by four repeated symbols: gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ, and then asked yourself: what does it mean???

Monster Girl

Within the anime fandom, "monster girl," monster musume モンスター娘, is the name given to non-human fantasy game "monsters" turned into cute anime "girls." It's a sub-category of jingai musume 人外娘, which includes all "non-human girls," whether they're from games or not.

The word is also romanized monsutaa musume モンスター娘, and abbreviated monmosu もん娘. The musume 娘 part can mean "daughter," but in this case it means "girl." (see: suffix -kko っ娘)

• Origins
• Jingai Musume 人外娘
• Ajin 亜人
• Types & Examples
• Alraune (plant)
• Arachne (half-spider)
• Centaur (half-horse)
• Dragon Girl
• Dullahan
• Harpy (half-bird)
• Lamia (half-serpent)
• Mandragora (plant root)
• Mermaid (half-fish)
• Mono-eye (single eye)
• Sphinx (half-lion plus wings)
• Scylla (tentacles)
• Siren (half-fish or bird)
• Slime Girl
• Succubus
• Dream Power
• Appearance
• Succubus Characters in Anime
• Succubi, Plural of Succubus
• Incubus, Male Succubus
• Zombie Girl
• Other
• Mamono Musume 魔物娘
• Monster Girl Encyclopedia
• What is Not a Monster Girl?
• Furries?
• Demi-humans?
• Robots & Machines?
• "Monster" "Girls"?

Moe Anthropomorphism

In anime, there are many cases where things are turned into cute anime girls. And there is a term for that: moe gijinka 萌え擬人化, literally "moe anthropomorphization," which refers to turning something, like, anything at all, into a moe girl (or guy.)

• Definition
• Overlapping Terms
• Examples
• -Chan & -Tan Mascots
• Earth-chan

Peachification

Peachification, in Japanese Piichi-hime-ka ピーチ姫化, literally "turning into Princess Peach," is the term for turning characters into Princess Peach-like characters by putting a Super Crown on them.

Also spelled peachfication or peach-fication.

See Bowsette and Other Princesses for reference.

^{(comic source: ayyk92 at deviantart)}

Bowsette's Japanese Name

For reference, the Japanese name for Bowsette is Kuppa-hime クッパ姫, literally "Princess Koopa," and I'm writing this post, of course, because I think it's funny how the English name Bowsette and the Japanese name Kuppa-hime have almost nothing to do with each other.

(and of Other Princesses that got "Peachfied" too)

If you don't know who Bowsette is, she's the gender-bent / rule 63 / nyotaika 女体化 version of Bowser that turned into a meme overnight this week. (it all began in 2018-09-19.)

Doki Doki ドキドキ

So you've played some Doki Doki Literature Club or, after becoming disillusioned with the 3D in Overlord III, you started watching the PreCure series for the good taste of 2D quality, and now you're asking yourself: what does doki doki means anyway?

• Definition
• Kanji
• Grammar
• You Make My Kokoro Go Dokidoki
• Single Doki
• Kyun キュン

Reduplication

In Japanese, sometimes you have words that repeat themselves, they're the same thing said twice, like: hitobito 人々, iroiro 色々, betsubetsu 別々, marumaru 丸々, dandan 段々, hibi 日々, tsugitsugi 次々, itaitashii 痛々しい and so on.

When such thing happens, it's called reduplication, or choujou 重畳, the process of creating "reduplicative words," jougo 畳語, and it's not specific of the Japanese language. English has it too.

In this article I'll explain how it works in Japanese, and common effects it has on the meaning of words.

• Same Word Twice
• Repetition vs. Reduplication
• Same Kanji Twice
• Single Kanji Reduplication
• Single Kanji Not Simplex Form
• Repetition of Kana
• Change in Pronunciation
• Rendaku
• Sokuonbin
• Effect Patterns
• Plurals and Groups
• Groups of Individuals
  人々, 神々
• Geographic Groups
  国々, 島々
• Other Groups
  数々, 隅々
• Parallels and Alternatives
• Reduplicative Alternatives
  様々, 色々
• Reduplicative Parallels
  別々, それぞれ
• Emphasis
• Adverbs from Adjectives
  丸い to 丸々
  軽い to 軽々
• -shii ～しい Adjectives
  騒々しい, 痛々しい
• Other Emphatic Words
  少々, 満々
• Continuity
• Sequences, Frequencies, Progresses
  日々, 次々, 益々, 代々, 順々
• Indefinite Infinite Repetition
  ドキドキ, わくわく
• Definite Unreduplicated Finite
  ドキっと
• References
• Notes

Iteration Marks - ゝゞヽヾ々〻〱〲〃

In Japanese, iteration marks are symbols which can be used to repeat parts of a word. The most common mark, 々, is written instead of a repeated kanji. The marks ゝゞヽヾ are written instead of a repeated kana. Besides those, there's also a long く mark, this thing 〻, and the ditto mark 〃.

• Usage Frequency
• Names of Iteration Marks
• How to Type
• About Accents
• Repeating Kana
• Repeating Kanji
• 〻
• Long く
• 〃 Ditto Mark