• Vivia 🦆🍵🦀
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    1 year ago

    Ah, no, this is some Internet slang, and oddly enough it comes from the first meaning. AFAIK, the second one doesn’t exist in Japanese.

    Basically, “hahaha” in Katakana is written as ハハハ. If you line up enough ハハ’s, it will look like a series of w’s. In chats, they use w (from 笑い、warai) to denote laughter. If you line up enough wwww’s, it looks like grass. That’s how 草 ended up meaning LOL.

      • Vivia 🦆🍵🦀
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        21 year ago

        Oh, apparently you’re right! I just made a quick search. I was speaking based on what a Japanese friend had told me long ago, but maybe he had misunderstood it too.

    • baltakatei
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      21 year ago

      Is that why Aqua in Konosuba says “kusukusukusu” when she laughs? Is it because “kusukusukusu” sounds like “kusakusakusa”? (「くさくさくさくさ」 or 「草草草」)