Japanese conversation & ON-YU

『 Dragon Ball 』 Left: Japanese, Right: English

17 Fefruary 2014Erico Nishimoto

Onomatopoeia

• Greek: "making or creating names”

• English: "the imitation of a sound”

• Japanese: "the imitation of a sound, a situation and emotion”

Japanese Onomatopoeia

Combination of Characters (Alphabet: Nishimoto Erico)

• Kanji: 西本　恵理子• Hiragana: にしもと　えりこ• Katakana: ニシモト　エリコ

Japanese Onomatopoeia

• Sound of animal: Katakana

ワンワン　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ピヨピヨBow-wow Chicks are peeping

Japanese Onomatopoeia

• Sound of thing: Katakana

トントン Biri-BiriShe knocks on the door. He opens a present.

Japanese Onomatopoeia

• Sound of nature: Katakana

Sito-Sito: シトシト　　　　　 　　 Za-ZaIt is drizzling. It rains heavily.A gentle rain is falling. The rain pours down.

Japanese Onomatopoeia

• Situation: Hiragana

Shi-n Zawa-ZawaIt is silent. It is noisy.

Japanese Onomatopoeia

• Emotion: Hiragana

Waku-Waku Ira-IraShe is exited. He is irritated.

On-Yu

• Japanese onomatopoeia in Manga• Word being named by Fusanosuke Natsume in 1995

No rules & Image Symbol

No rules & Image Symbol

No rules & Image Symbol

Effect

• Auditory information Reality & Dynamism• More information How?

Innovation

Innovation

Innovation

Innovation

Cultural Background Rice Culture

Cultural BackgroundA-un

Rice culture & Onomatopoeia

• Many words to a fool, half a word to the wise.