モコ モコ

English translation: bulging / popping out / swelling out

12:02 Nov 28, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: モコ モコ
Sound From Manga
Ravi Kumar
India
Local time: 13:15
English translation:bulging / popping out / swelling out
Explanation:
It's hard to say without seeing the manga, but if this is not a sound per se, it could be "bulging" as in:
筋肉がもこもこと盛り上がっている。

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-11-28 12:19:50 GMT)
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Sometimes, if it is not exactly a "sound" that you can hear but kind of an imaginary onomatopaeia for an action, you can put something like "bulging bulging" (for example).

With manga, it's a matter of being creative, fun, and imaginative. :-)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-28 14:46:47 GMT)
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Haha! What a different picture I had in my mind!
I see that Gertraud K. put sniff sniff....However, sniff sniff is usually expressed in manga as くんくん (によいをかぐ様子)
I wonder what the animal looks like??...Is it covered with a thick coat of fur?
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Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 14:45
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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3sniff sniff
Gertraud K.
3bulging / popping out / swelling out
Joyce A


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sniff sniff


Explanation:
for an animal searching in the snow- I would take "sniff sniff"

Gertraud K.
Japan
Local time: 16:45
Native speaker of: German
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bulging / popping out / swelling out


Explanation:
It's hard to say without seeing the manga, but if this is not a sound per se, it could be "bulging" as in:
筋肉がもこもこと盛り上がっている。

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-11-28 12:19:50 GMT)
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Sometimes, if it is not exactly a "sound" that you can hear but kind of an imaginary onomatopaeia for an action, you can put something like "bulging bulging" (for example).

With manga, it's a matter of being creative, fun, and imaginative. :-)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-28 14:46:47 GMT)
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Haha! What a different picture I had in my mind!
I see that Gertraud K. put sniff sniff....However, sniff sniff is usually expressed in manga as くんくん (によいをかぐ様子)
I wonder what the animal looks like??...Is it covered with a thick coat of fur?

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 14:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Notes to answerer
Asker: In this case animal scratching/searching (!!) the snow

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