Welcome
This dictionary contains over 11,000 professionally translated manga sound effects (onomatopoeia) extracted from published works. Search by hiragana, katakana, or romanization to find how translators have rendered Japanese SFX into English.
How to Use
Simply type a sound effect in the search box above. You can search using:
- Hiragana: どき, ばん, がた
- Katakana: ドキ, バン, ガタ
- Romanization: doki, ban, gata
About the Data
This dataset was programmatically extracted from Yen Press’s archive of published manga. Each entry shows multiple translation options used by professional translators, giving you a range of suggestions for your own work. The entries in this dictionary are by no means intended to establish an authoritative list of all possible interpretations of Japanese SFX; it is instead designed to serve as a reference and inspiration for selecting or developing your own translations.
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