Gitaigo in Japanese Culinary Videos

Abstract

Gitaigo is one of mimetic word in Japanese language. Gitaigo is a word that formed to expressing the object’s condition. The aim of this research is to analyze gitaigo which spoken by the speech participants in the Japanese culinary videos from youtube. This study is using descriptive analysis method, by observing gitaigo’s phenomenon in Japanese culinary videos from Himitsu no Kenmin Show. The researcher found 22 gitaigo from 5 different videos. The researcher divided data into 2 categories, gitaigo which appears when the speakers describe about wet food (udon and ramen) and gitaigo which appears when the speakers describe about dry food (okonomiyaki, butaman, kakiagedon and daigakuimo). Gitaigo that speakers used in the context of describing wet food are hokahoka, mochimochi, tsurutsuru, shikoshiko and gyu(tsu). Gitaigo that speakers used in the context of describing dry food are shakishaki, mocchiri, shikkari, mochimochi, zusshiri, gorogoro, hokahoka, tappuri, torotoro, shittori, nettori, paripari, fuwafuwa and kari(tsu).