Abstract:
In Japanese Language, there is of the so called onomatope that created/made artificial sounds of made of an object or living things sounds deprived of the vocabularies which are frequently used either in daily conversations or various media. As an example of the artificial sounds of non-living things such as: mishimishi (artificial sounds of the cracked wall or other wooden materials); sarasara (artificial sounds of the crashing sand); and as an example of artificial sounds of the living things such as: hisohiso (artificial sounds of whispering), wanwan (artificial of dog‟s sounds) etc. The animal artificial sounds are usually called giseigo.
This study analyzes the form of a change in classes of words, meaning and characteristics in animals‟ onomatopeia from Japanese to Indonesian. The objective of this study is to discover the similarities and differences of the onomatopeia of animals‟ sounds of Japanese into Indonesian.
