JAMA!

Dear Nantoka,

I am trying to learn to read Manga. Could you please explain what the term "Jama" means?

Sincerely, Caroline
None of your Beeswax, Wyoming


Dear Caroline,

Jama! is a Japanese expression. Roughly translated, it means move it! you are in the way!

You could say Jama! for example, to a cat who refuses to get out of the way while you are watching television.

"JAMA" is also an acronym for the Journal of the American Medical Association.