or ( ja, 壁ドン; , "wall", and , "bang") refers to the action of slapping a wall fiercely, which produces the sound "don". One meaning is the action of slapping the

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as a

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which occurs in collective housing like

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s when the next room makes noise. Another meaning often appears in

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when one character forces another against the wall with one hand or leans against the wall and makes the sound of "don", and this has become popular as a "clever move of confession".

Origins

The term first appeared in 2008 when

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Ryōko Shintani described it as "lovely situation". It has been popularized in the

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'' by author Ayu Watanabe; and in April 2014, the manga was adapted into a live-action film. Afterwards, the term started to become familiar to the public and has appeared in multiple shojo manga stories.

Usage

In Japan, mainly appears in plots of girls' manga or anime when a man forces the woman against the wall; at the same time, his hand slaps the wall and surrounds the woman, and the sound of "don" is produced. In Japan, the walls of many accommodation buildings are thin and not insulated against sound. As such, simple actions like closing a door or turning on the television can easily be heard by neighbors. When this noise becomes too loud to bear, Japanese people tend to bang their connecting walls in protest. The practice of ''kabedon'' was borrowed into Chinese with the pronunciation ''bidong'' (, ''bìdōng'') through television dramas like ''

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''. In Hong Kong, the actor

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performed the ''bidong'' in a commercial for Listerine mouthwash.

References

{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''Kabedon'' 2008 neologisms Anime and manga terminology Japanese words and phrases Sound symbolism Society of Japan

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