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Help identifying a word?!?! - meolox - 2008-04-17
I'v search high and low and I just can't find how to write it or if I'm hearing it write, it sounds like じゃん or じゃじゃん
I hear it on TV when someone writes something down or is finished doing something, for example I saw it on a gameshow where the contestant had to write something on a board and everytime a girl wrote something after it she said じゃじゃん or something similar sounding.
I'd normally ask a Japanese person but I'm behind enemy lines as my Campus network has recently blocked skype.
Anyone know what it is and the meaning, thanks.
Help identifying a word?!?! - Ryuujin27 - 2008-04-17
Oh, I've heard it to. I don't think you'll be able to translate it. It's pretty much like a "I'm finished" kind of noise. I think it's suppose to reference a bell, maybe?
Help identifying a word?!?! - Jarvik7 - 2008-04-17
It's the Japanese equivalent of "tadaa". It's onomatopoeia (I believe emulating announcing trumpets) and has no actual "meaning".
Help identifying a word?!?! - meolox - 2008-04-17
Anyone got the correct writing of it? Probably katakana I'm sure or a dictionary definition.
Help identifying a word?!?! - Jarvik7 - 2008-04-17
meolox Wrote:Anyone got the correct writing of it? Probably katakana I'm sure.じゃじゃーん & じゃーん
hiragana
-edit- definition from kenkyuusha shinwaeidaijiten (jaja-n just forwards to this entry)
じゃーん (jān)
〔自慢げに物を見せるときの間投詞〕 Ta-da!
Help identifying a word?!?! - meolox - 2008-04-17
Jarvik7 Wrote:Thanks, seems EDICT lists it as "Crash, Bang" which would tie in with the onomatopoeia of it being the sound of trumpets or a fanfare.meolox Wrote:Anyone got the correct writing of it? Probably katakana I'm sure.じゃじゃーん & じゃーん
hiragana
-edit- definition from kenkyuusha shinwaeidaijiten (jaja-n just forwards to this entry)
じゃーん (jān)
〔自慢げに物を見せるときの間投詞〕 Ta-da!
I've only ever heard females say this.
Help identifying a word?!?! - Jarvik7 - 2008-04-17
meolox Wrote:I have heard males say it, but females seem to use 擬音語／擬態語 more frequently than men.Jarvik7 Wrote:Thanks, seems EDICT lists it as "Crash, Bang" which would tie in with the onomatopoeia of it being the sound of trumpets or a fanfare.meolox Wrote:Anyone got the correct writing of it? Probably katakana I'm sure.じゃじゃーん & じゃーん
hiragana
-edit- definition from kenkyuusha shinwaeidaijiten (jaja-n just forwards to this entry)
じゃーん (jān)
〔自慢げに物を見せるときの間投詞〕 Ta-da!
I've only ever heard females say this.
Help identifying a word?!?! - Ryuujin27 - 2008-04-17
Ahh, right. A trumpet! Not a bell. Duh.