KudoZ home » Japanese to English » Linguistics

ザワ

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs
(or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

11:18 Nov 29, 2009

This question was closed without grading. Reason: Other

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics

Japanese term or phrase: ザワ

Written in Manga

keethkp KudoZ activity Questions: 86 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 15 India
Local time: 02:26

Summary of answers provided

humdrum/ crowd noise

David Lettieri

goose bumps

tomokoparry

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

11 hrs confidence:

humdrum/ crowd noise

Explanation:
"Zawazawa" (ザワザワ）is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound a noisy crowd of people makes. If the given frame in the manga has a picture where such background noise is appropriate, this would be the best translation.

A different interpretation I just found uses zawazawa to describe the crawling of a caterpillar.

Example sentence(s):

ざわざわはい回るいも虫：creepy crawly caterpillar

David Lettieri
Japan
Local time: 05:56
Native speaker of:

English

1 day4 hrs confidence:

goose bumps

Explanation:
Of course it all depends on the context, but since it's not "zawa zawa" but just "zawa", this could be an emotion which is associated with having a bad premonition.

tomokoparry
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of:

Japanese

Return to KudoZ list

Changes made by editors

Nov 29, 2009:
Kudoz queue	In queue => Public

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

Overview

Latest translation questions

Ask a translation question

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

ザワ

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

ザワ

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.