Moriagaranai Date - Vol. 2 Ch. 10 - The twenty-fifth

[andrybak]

PSA-
Correction to this post above:
"There are so many Japanese onomatopoeias...
On Pg. 20 / 23, コワ stands for コワゴワ ("kowagowa" in katakana), which means "fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously" https://onomatoproject.com/terms/kowagowa.html"

In fact it's not 'koWA' but 'koKU', i.e. the onomatopoeia for nodding/ inclining her head slightly, as she's depicted doing in confirmation of his statement.

i.e. コク instead of コワ? Interesting. Do you happen to have a dictionary link or something showing this meaning of コク (koku)? The Wiktionary entry lists several meanings, some related to movement, but nothing close to "nodding". I also tried going the other way: no translations of "nod" that I could find sound like "koku".

Contextually also she has no reason to be unduly timid/ fearful here.

Well, it's Haida-san, she is cautious about everything.

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