Japanese sound symbolism


In the Japanese language, a sound symbolism or a mimetic word is a word that mimics a sound or a concept. English has similar words: "bang", "zap", "ding", "slither", "pop", etc. Sound symbolisms in Japanese are more freely occurring than in English — they are found in even fairly formal texts, mainly because they are more malleable than such words in English. ; Onomatopoeia (擬声語 giseigo) : words that mimic actual sounds. ; Phenomime (擬態語 gitaigo) : mimetic words to represent non-auditory senses. ; Psychomime (擬音語 giongo) : mimetic words that represent psychological states. While onomatopoeic words abound in every language, phenomimes and psychomimes are much rarer.

See also

Category:OnomatopoeiaCategory:Japanese language
apanese sound symbolism Jpanese sound symbolism Jaanese sound symbolism Japnese sound symbolism Japaese sound symbolism Japanse sound symbolism Japanee sound symbolism Japanes sound symbolism Japanesesound symbolism Japanese ound symbolism Japanese sund symbolism Japanese sond symbolism Japanese soud symbolism Japanese soun symbolism Japanese soundsymbolism Japanese sound ymbolism Japanese sound smbolism Japanese sound sybolism Japanese sound symolism Japanese sound symblism Japanese sound symboism Japanese sound symbolsm Japanese sound symbolim Japanese sound symbolis aJpanese sound symbolism Jpaanese sound symbolism Jaapnese sound symbolism Japnaese sound symbolism Japaense sound symbolism Japansee sound symbolism Japanees sound symbolism Japanes esound symbolism Japaneses ound symbolism Japanese osund symbolism Japanese suond symbolism Japanese sonud symbolism Japanese soudn symbolism Japanese soun dsymbolism Japanese sounds ymbolism Japanese sound ysmbolism Japanese sound smybolism Japanese sound sybmolism Japanese sound symoblism Japanese sound symbloism Japanese sound symboilsm Japanese sound symbolsim Japanese sound symbolims Japanese sound symbolis JJapanese sound symbolism Jaapanese sound symbolism Jappanese sound symbolism Japaanese sound symbolism Japannese sound symbolism Japaneese sound symbolism Japanesse sound symbolism Japanesee sound symbolism Japanese sound symbolism Japanese ssound symbolism Japanese soound symbolism Japanese souund symbolism Japanese sounnd symbolism Japanese soundd symbolism Japanese sound symbolism Japanese sound ssymbolism Japanese sound syymbolism Japanese sound symmbolism Japanese sound symbbolism Japanese sound symboolism Japanese sound symbollism Japanese sound symboliism Japanese sound symbolissm Japanese sound symbolismm apanese sound symbolism jpanese sound symbolism jaanese sound symbolism japnese sound symbolism japaese sound symbolism japanse sound symbolism japanee sound symbolism japanes sound symbolism japanesesound symbolism japanese ound symbolism japanese sund symbolism japanese sond symbolism japanese soud symbolism japanese soun symbolism japanese soundsymbolism japanese sound ymbolism japanese sound smbolism japanese sound sybolism japanese sound symolism japanese sound symblism japanese sound symboism japanese sound symbolsm japanese sound symbolim japanese sound symbolis ajpanese sound symbolism jpaanese sound symbolism jaapnese sound symbolism japnaese sound symbolism japaense sound symbolism japansee sound symbolism japanees sound symbolism japanes esound symbolism japaneses ound symbolism japanese osund symbolism japanese suond symbolism japanese sonud symbolism japanese soudn symbolism japanese soun dsymbolism japanese sounds ymbolism japanese sound ysmbolism japanese sound smybolism japanese sound sybmolism japanese sound symoblism japanese sound symbloism japanese sound symboilsm japanese sound symbolsim japanese sound symbolims japanese sound symbolis jjapanese sound symbolism jaapanese sound symbolism jappanese sound symbolism japaanese sound symbolism japannese sound symbolism japaneese sound symbolism japanesse sound symbolism japanesee sound symbolism japanese sound symbolism japanese ssound symbolism japanese soound symbolism japanese souund symbolism japanese sounnd symbolism japanese soundd symbolism japanese sound symbolism japanese sound ssymbolism japanese sound syymbolism japanese sound symmbolism japanese sound symbbolism japanese sound symboolism japanese sound symbollism japanese sound symboliism japanese sound symbolissm japanese sound symbolismm

Search box

More info