Emotional Engineering, Vol. 8 by Shuichi Fukuda

Author:Shuichi Fukuda
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030383602
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

7.2.1 Focusing on the Feeling of “Waku-Waku”

For people living in Japan, everyone from children to adults understand the word “Waku-Waku”. It is a common instance of onomatopoeia with positive nuance. In Europe and North America, onomatopoeia like “clap” (pachi-pachi: the sound of clapping hands, sound of burst) and “flip-flop” (pata-pata: the sound when the laundry flaps, for example) are commonly used. Kakei et al. use the example of “how to walk” to show the linguistic characteristics of Japanese onomatopoeia and discuss as follows [7]:In Japanese, the neutral verb, “Aruku (walk)”, has several onomatopoeia like “Fura-Fura”, “Bura-Bura” and “Pura-Pura”. We differentiate ways of walking by changing these onomatopoeia like exchanging parts. Most importantly, the core of expression lies in onomatopoeia…Moreover, in Japanese, the difference of unvoiced consonants, voiced consonants and consonants in onomatopoeia connotes subtle differences in meaning… [7]

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