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Potential spoilers for readers of Jojo, but in the top-left-hand corner of
[this
picture](http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/Jesusfreekao/66_02-03.jpg)
there are dots above the word こいつ.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIjs4.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIjs4.png)

Why do some manga have dots above some of the words? I've only noticed this in
Jojo so far but perhaps it's in other manga too.
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orthography manga punctuation
Why does some manga have dots above some of the words?
This is the Japanese version of [underlining]{LLLLLLLLLLL}. It's a way of
marking a word for emphasis.

**Update**

The Japanese name for this is variously 圏点{けんてん} (literally "enclosing mark"),
傍点{ぼうてん} ("off-to-the-side mark"), or 脇点{わきてん} ("on-the-side mark"). The JA
wikipedia [has a good article about
this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8F%E7%82%B9).

Veteran user
[snailplane](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/1478/snailplane)
commented with this
[meta](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/806/how-should-i-
format-my-questions-on-japanese-language-se/1294#1294) link, which shows how
to use Japanese emphasis, like this: [強調]{﹅﹅}.
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I can't seem to load the picture myself, but it is probably used for emphasis.
Similar to ALL CAPS or periods after single words like "OH. MY. GOSH." in
English.
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