Gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ

gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ, and then asked yourself: what does it mean???

Definition

The word gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ is a kind-of like an onomatopoeia that was made up by the author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, and used in that manga. It's often used when a powerful enemy shows up to be confronted.

The translation of gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ is usually *menacing* or something like that. Generally, it implies "things are getting tense." But since it's made up, nobody, except for the author, knows for sure what it's supposed to mean.

Technically, gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ is not an onomatopoeia but a non-onomatopoeic gitaigo 擬態語 This is because the characters in JoJo don't actually hear a gogogogo sound. Instead, the word is supposed to evoke an idea: in this case, of something menacing.

Ideophones are also called "mimetic words" for they mimic things, so you could say gogogogo mimics something being menacing.

Also, too many people think it's an onomatopoeia, that's common mistake.

If you watch the anime adaptations, though, you'll find there's no gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ sound effect despite the lettering showing up on screen.

Dodododo ドドドド

The word dodododo ドドドド is another sound effect used in the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It tends to show up when things are getting bizarre. When something sudden and unexpected happens, something of "real form unknown," shoutai-fumei 正体不明, etc.

In Other Manga

Sometimes the mimetic words gogogogo and dodododo appear in other manga too.

For example, One Punch Man, wan-pan-man ワンパンマン, uses gogogogo ゴゴゴゴ in a lot of tense scenes, in a way similar to how JoJo would have it.


However, just because a different manga is using the same sound effect that doesn't mean it's using them with the same meaning. Also in the manga One Punch Man, dodododo ドドドド is used, instead, as the sound effect for the ominous and peerless King Engine™.


(text: tada mon janee...!? ただモンじゃねぇ！？, "it isn't just [anybody]!?" in the meaning that it was actually someone powerful.)

In this case, it could be that it's the sound of his thunderous, raging, brave heart. That is, dododo is being used like , but tenser.

There are also cases where dododo ドドド refers to the sound of a motorcycle starting up.

References

• ジョジョの「ゴゴゴゴ」と「ドドドド」の違い説明できるやついる？ - jojosoku.com/archives/post-39526.html
  Japanese natives trying to explain what in the world they assume these ideophones mean.
  (this is a matome まとめ website, it aggregates stuff from other websites. In this case, it aggregates and archives JoJo-related threads from Japanese boards.)

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