Do Japanese girls actually say things like 'kyaa!' or 'uwaa!'?

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SoIidLegacy
03/11/2024
12:50 PM
#1
What is that even supposed to be pronounced like?
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Turbam
03/11/2024
12:51 PM
#2
I don't know, I'm not in Japan.
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Freddie_Mercury
03/11/2024
12:51 PM
#3
eeeeeeeeeh????

nani sore??????
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Torgo
03/11/2024
12:53 PM
#4
I dunno, do girls in Texas say "Yeehaw!" and "Hey, Sugar!"

Some do. Most do not.
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Turbam
03/11/2024
12:53 PM
#5
Torgo posted...
I dunno, do girls in Texas say "Yeehaw!" and "Hey, Sugar!"
They do
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ButteryMales
03/11/2024
12:53 PM
#6
Yes, girls are pressured to be cutesy with fake voices in Japan.
Metal_Gear_Raxis
03/11/2024
12:55 PM
#7
Freddie_Mercury posted...
eeeeeeeeeh????

nani sore??????
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Ricemills
03/11/2024
12:59 PM
#8
Kyaaa is pretty normal tho? Just like you hear an "eeeeek" from a girl. Still an exaggerated cute girl thing, but it do happens.

I assume the "uwaaah" is the expression when they underwhelmed or disappointed? I think it's just anime thing.

Freddie_Mercury posted...
eeeeeeeeeh????

nani sore??????

I've watched enough game shows to know that it's actually real.
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Hoppy800
03/11/2024
01:00 PM
#9
In normal conversation, nope.
Prestoff
03/11/2024
01:02 PM
#10
In Japanese media, where the girl is trying to be "kawaii", yeah. In terms of normal conversation, it depends on the personality but from hearing my cousin who lives in Japan...nope.
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Aressar
03/11/2024
01:14 PM
#11
SoIidLegacy posted...
What is that even supposed to be pronounced like?

Kinda curious about this myself. In my mind it sounds like "kee-ya" and "oo-wa" but that's just a guess.
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GuerrillaSoldier
03/11/2024
01:18 PM
#12
what, of course?

do you think anime would just make up things that aren't real?

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Ricemills
03/11/2024
01:24 PM
#13
Aressar posted...
Kinda curious about this myself. In my mind it sounds like "kee-ya" and "oo-wa" but that's just a guess.

It's just "Aaaaah!" but with a small, almost silent "ki" at the start.
And uwaaa is just "ugh", but didnt end with "gh" but "waaa"
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MuscleRobo
03/11/2024
02:09 PM
#14
I remember buying some Gungrave doujinshi at Comiket and when I was telling the artist it looked so good and I was really impressed by it being a hardcover book she kept denying it and saying things like that. Although it's literally at a convention; I bet you find girls saying that at conventions everywhere, lol.
SoIidLegacy
03/11/2024
07:20 PM
#15
Ricemills posted...
It's just "Aaaaah!" but with a small, almost silent "ki" at the start.
And uwaaa is just "ugh", but didnt end with "gh" but "waaa"

Ah, thanks! I suspected it doesn't sound too different from similar expressions in western countries, but I wasn't quite sure as I don't remember ever actually hearing it said out loud, at least not in a natural unforced way.

Aressar posted...
Kinda curious about this myself. In my mind it sounds like "kee-ya" and "oo-wa" but that's just a guess.

Heh, nice. I get the feeling I won't be able to unhear that, and think of it every time I encounter such words in the future. OOWAAAH!
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1337toothbrush
03/11/2024
07:21 PM
#16
eeeeeee gachi?!
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Guide
03/11/2024
07:21 PM
#17
I don't know about those exact sounds, but if you surprise a girl with ice on her neck, she will make a fine approximation.
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SoIidLegacy
03/11/2024
08:48 PM
#18
Guide posted...
I don't know about those exact sounds, but if you surprise a girl with ice on her neck, she will make a fine approximation.

Hm, I should try that out on a few. Strictly for scientific purposes, of course.
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PMarth2002
03/11/2024
08:50 PM
#19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKmg5pr3Ko&ab_channel=ProZD
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kage_53
03/11/2024
08:51 PM
#20
No but they say yamete instead.
Holy_Cloud105
03/11/2024
08:51 PM
#21
I've been in Japan for the last few days and I've heard girls in Shinjuku say it in their conversations.
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SpiritSephiroth
03/11/2024
08:54 PM
#22
Never heard Kyaa personally but Uwaa defintely.
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PaperSplash
03/11/2024
08:56 PM
#23
They're just regular exclamations in Japanese, basically the equivalents of "aah!"/"eek!" and "whoa!"/"wow!" respectively. So yes (although the delivery in anime is often exaggerated for comedic and/or cutesy effect).
ironman2009
03/11/2024
08:57 PM
#24
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Damn_Underscore
03/11/2024
08:58 PM
#25
PaperSplash posted...
They're just regular exclamations in Japanese, basically the equivalents of "aah!"/"eek!" and "whoa!"/"wow!" respectively. So yes (although the delivery in anime is often exaggerated for comedic and/or cutesy effect).

no one says eek in real life
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PaperSplash
03/11/2024
09:01 PM
#26
Damn_Underscore posted...
no one says eek in real life
They shriek though, which is what "eek!" is really supposed to represent.
rexcrk
03/11/2024
09:35 PM
#27


rawr uWu whats dis? xD :3
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Ricemills
03/12/2024
03:44 AM
#28
rexcrk posted...
uWu

it's UwU dammit
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RadDude9000
03/12/2024
03:46 AM
#29
Japanese women love American CHADS like Patrick Swayze.
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Rika_Furude
03/12/2024
03:49 AM
#30
Its probably less common than whenever Americans end their sentences with a legal threat
Sasquatchimo
03/12/2024
03:53 AM
#31
Do Japanese girls make foreign noises? Yes. Yes, they do.
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Solo_Wing
03/12/2024
04:00 AM
#32
Yes

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Kaiganeer
03/12/2024
04:16 AM
#33
no, but they'll often say ""
SoIidLegacy
03/12/2024
09:02 AM
#34
Kaiganeer posted...
no, but they'll often say ""

Well, I must admit, them saying that in such a situation is certainly a lot more helpful than kyaa or uwaa.
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kage_53
03/12/2024
11:01 AM
#35
Kaiganeer posted...
no, but they'll often say ""



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