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I was watching an anime, and they use repetitions of "ブツ" everytime a
character is mumbling. Is this the rule for japanese or it's just something
made up for a particular anime/manga?
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onomatopoeia
Is there an onomatopoeia of mumbling in japanese?
For mumbling, there are 「ブツブツ」、「ボソボソ」、「ブツクサ」, etc. Those three are commonly
used.

If you did not know, we have an onomatopoeia for "everything" including things
that do not even make any actual sound.
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Besides ブツブツ, another onomatopoeia of mumbling in Japanese is ゴニョゴニョ
([reference](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%94%E3%81%AB%E3%82%87%E3%81%94%E3%81%AB%E3%82%87)).

Example in the [wild](https://www.kango-roo.com/ca/topics/8504/):

> ゴニョゴニョ何言ってるのか分からない

Another [one](https://ameblo.jp/kotori-hoshi/entry-12348886198.html):

> 高音のロボットが何やらゴニョゴニョ言ってる（このゴニョゴニョの中身は分からない）

Beware that it can also have other meanings, though, or can have a nuance of
"blablabla".
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