Have you ever wondered what a cat's meow sounds like in Japanese? How about the grumble of an empty stomach, the wail of a police car's siren or the crash of an ocean wave?

Japanese manga artists rely heavily upon onomatopoeia—sound-effect words—and this special entry in Manga University's award-winning Kana de Manga / Kanji de Manga language-learning series is jam-packed with illustrated examples of those sounds (and more!) in action.

Featuring more than 100 Japanese onomatopoeia and their English equivalents in categories such as "Animals," "Humans," "Machines" and "Nature."