Sound mimesis (or 擬音語【ぎおんご】 or 擬態語【ぎたいご】) of ビ and シッ


Consider this panel:

![Transcription: 主役【しゅやく】はやっぱり　　　魔女【まじょ】のベフォーナよね　　　ビ　　　シッ　　　\(from Aria
Navigation 47\)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bbqaL.jpg)

What do ビ and シッ represent? I'm conjecturing ビ is the mimesis for the raised
finger, and シッ is the mimesis for the scarf as she turns around.




It is not ビ and シッ but a single word ビシッ. It is a 擬態語 signifying firmness of
an action. From [びしっと in
Daijirin](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%B3%E3%81%97%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8&stype=1&dtype=0&dname=0ss):

> [2] 厳しいさま。ぴしゃりと。  
>  びしっと断る (my translation: reject flatly)

In your example, both ビシッ and the raised finger have the effect of showing
that the character in the panel is stating her opinion firmly as if it were an
objective fact.




It is not ビ and シッ but a single word ビシッ. It is a 擬態語 signifying firmness of
an action. From [びしっと in
Daijirin](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%B3%E3%81%97%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8&stype=1&dtype=0&dname=0ss):

> [2] 厳しいさま。ぴしゃりと。  
>  びしっと断る (my translation: reject flatly)

In your example, both ビシッ and the raised finger have the effect of showing
that the character in the panel is stating her opinion firmly as if it were an
objective fact.

