I found something interesting when I was studying onomatopoeia (onomatopoeia / mimetic word) in the last blog, so today it is about that.

First of all, once again about the definition of each of the onomatopoeia and mimetic words.

onomatopoeic word

Onomatopoeias are imitated sounds of things by lexical phrases. Even the same language varies from age. For example, dogs’ barks are expressed as “biyo” by Kyogen etc. It is relatively common to be written in katakana (sometimes referred to as onomatopoeia but now onomatopoeia is more common. There is also a position that calls a word simulating the voice of humans and animals of lower class of onomatopoeia as a onomatopoeia). The boundary between onomatopoeias and mimetic words is sometimes not clear. For example, “zazaza” in “bathed in water” is a sound that is leaning against the body, even if water represents an endless amount of water falling down, it is decided whether it is an onomatopoeic word or a mimetic word Hateful.

(from JapaneseWikipedia)

Today, I would like to start with a riddle.

“What is me which disappears at the moment of calling my name, although it exists when it is quiet?”