{"id":87,"date":"2009-06-01T21:04:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T01:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=87"},"modified":"2009-06-01T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T01:04:30","slug":"japanese-onomatopoeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-onomatopoeia\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Onomatopoeia"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are different types of Japanese onomatopoeia. Today we’re going to just focus on one of the onomatopoeia. I’ll do another post on the others later. Today’s onomatopoeia is giseigo (\u64ec\u58f0\u8a9e<\/strong>). Giseigo (\u64ec\u58f0\u8a9e<\/strong>) is the type of onomatopoeia that mimics actual sounds. You’ll actually see what I mean with the examples below. You can see a lot of onomatopoeia in Japanese manga (\u307e\u3093\u304c<\/strong>) or comics. The words are sometimes written with the katakana (\u304b\u305f\u304b\u306a<\/strong>) for emphasis.<\/p>\n

nyaa nyaa: (\u30cb\u30e3\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3\u30fc<\/strong>) meow meow (the sound cats make)<\/p>\n

goro goro: (\u30b4\u30ed\u30b4\u30ed<\/strong>) purr purr (the sound cats make)<\/p>\n

wan wan: (\u30ef\u30f3\u30ef\u30f3<\/strong>) woof woof (the sound a dog makes)<\/p>\n

moo moo: (\u30e2\u30fc\u30e2\u30fc<\/strong>) muu muu (the sound that cows make)<\/p>\n

mee mee: (\u30e1\u30fc\u30e1\u30fc<\/strong>) baa baa (the sound sheeps make)<\/p>\n

hihiin: (\u30d2\u30d2\u30fc\u30f3<\/strong>) neigh neigh (the sound horses make)<\/p>\n

chuu chuu: (\u30c1\u30e5\u30fc\u30c1\u30e5\u30fc<\/strong>) chirp chirp (the sound a bird makes)<\/p>\n

kin kon (\u30ad\u30f3\u30b3\u30f3<\/strong>) ding dong (the sound of a door bell)<\/p>\n

kushu (\u30af\u30b7\u30e5<\/strong>) achoo (the sound of a sneeze)<\/p>\n

tsuu (\u30c4\u30fc<\/strong>) buzzz (sound of insects, bees)<\/p>\n

kero kero (\u30b1\u30ed\u30b1\u30ed<\/strong>) ribit ribit (sound of frogs croaking)<\/p>\n

buu buu (\u30d6\u30fc\u30d6\u30fc<\/strong>) oink oink (the sound of pigs)<\/p>\n

kokekokkoo (\u30b3\u30b1\u30b3\u30c3\u30b3\u30fc<\/strong>) cockadoodle doo (sound of rooster)<\/p>\n

Onomatopoeias differ by language and culture. I encourage you to post the onomatopoeias in your own language, using the katakana in the comment section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are different types of Japanese onomatopoeia. Today we’re going to just focus on one of the onomatopoeia. I’ll do another post on the others later. Today’s onomatopoeia is giseigo (\u64ec\u58f0\u8a9e). Giseigo (\u64ec\u58f0\u8a9e) is the type of onomatopoeia that mimics actual sounds. You’ll actually see what I mean with the examples below. You can see…<\/p>\n

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