オノマトペのクイズで日本語レッスン!Onomatopoeia quiz for Japanese Lesson

「オノマトペ」を知っていますか?Do you know "onomatopoeia"?

オノマトペとは、状態や感情、あるいは動物の鳴き声や動きなどを、模倣したものでです。「擬音語」と「擬態語」に分類できます。

「擬音語」は、物音や動物の鳴き声などの音を、人間の音声で模倣したものです。例えば、犬の鳴き声をワンワン、猫のをニャンニャンなど。

「擬態語」は、物事の状態・身ぶりを、それらしく模倣して表したものです。日本語は他の言語と比較して、擬態語が多いのが特徴。例えば、笑っている様子をニコニコ、紙を破るさまをビリビリなど。

ひとつで複数の様を表しているオノマトペもあります。例えば、雷の音のゴロゴロ、家でくつろぐ様のゴロゴロ。

Onomatopoeia is the imitation of states, emotions, or the sounds and movements of animals. Onomatopoeia can be classified into two categories: onomatopoeia and mimetic words.

"Onomatopoeia" is the imitation of sounds, such as noises of objects or animals, in human speech. For example, a dog's meow is "wan wan," a cat's is "meow meow," and so on.

"Mimetic words" are words that mimic the state or gesture of a thing by imitating it. Compared to other languages, Japanese is characterized by a large number of mimetic words. For example, "niko niko" means smiling, "biribiri" means tearing a piece of paper, and so on.

Some onomatopoeias express more than one aspect in a single word. For example, "goro goro" is both the rumble of thunder and the rumble of relaxing at home.

WINGのインスタグラムに、ぽんちゃんが登場!Pon-chan is on WING's Instagram!

すっぽんもどきリューシュのぽんちゃんが、オノマトペに関するクイズに登場!

Pon-chan, the Pig-nosed turtle leuche, appears in a quiz about onomatopoeia!

Let's try!