Katakana Literary Work (Draft)

 I compose the following lyric for the Japanese animation 「君に届け」


こうこうせいの最初の日
アナタはじてんしゃでこうこうせいにいきました
「すみません、サッカーのりばはどこですか。」
わたしはききませんでした。アナタのハンサムなびしょうはすきでしたから

アアー

ひるやすみ　しょくどにアナタはいました
ジュース　をのみました。そして、　パン をたべました
わたしはアナタにミルクを もらいました
でも、はながほしいでしたよ
いいてきでしたね
あきがすきでした

アアー

きょう　は　クリスマス　です
プレゼント　があります
あまいチョコレート　です
でも、チャンスがなかったありません。
それから　アナタに　てがみ　を　いちまい　もらいます
「七じ　に　バスのりばにあいます。」
バスのりばで　わたしはきれいなはな　を　もらいます
チョコレート　を　あけます。
いっしょに　バスで　かえります。
しろいゆき　が　降ります。
ゆきが　すきです。



 アアー  I want to describe the emotion of the persona.
サッカー ,ハンサム,ジュース,ミルク,クリスマス,プレゼント、チョコレート,バス  These words are translations of English words.
パン Bread belongs to the category of food, so katakana is used here.
アナタ　I use katakana for "you," to emphasize the feeling of "carrying a torch" of the persona.

Katakana Analysis (Final)

(A) Sample 1

This is a dictionary of Japanese writers' pen names. As "pen name" is a foreign word, katakana is used here-"ペンネーム." Also, アニメis a foreign word "animation." And Katakana is used. I choose the page about "手塚治虫" who is the creator of アトム. Noticing that "アトム" is in Katakana, I think maybe the writer wants to emphasize アトム's importance as he is the hero of the comic book. Maybe he wants to show the sound of his hero's name and makes アトム be special.Generally, I think this アトムis the author's preference.  

(B) Sample 2
This is a box of biscuits. All biscuits are in shape of koala. It tastes really good but expensive. I bought it in the M2M market near Columbia University. There are some Katakana on the box. First, the katakana "コアラ" describes the foreign word "koala." Second, “マーチ” describes the English word "match"in music. Thus, this is still a foreign word. Third, "クリーミーミルク" describe the foreign words "creamy milk." I think "creamy milk" is translation of English, thus here "milk" is not in its hiragana form "ぎゅうにゅう". Does this mean that katakana which is used to describe foreign words occupies a large proportion? Also maybe Katakana used in ads seems to be more fashionable and western-toward, as the words on box are translated words. As this product's market's target may be children, kanji is not used here. 

(C) Sample 3

 グミis soft candies. This word came from a Germany word. According to wikipedia, "名称はドイツ語でゴムを意味するGummiに由来する." Katakana here is just to mark the pronunciation of the Germany word "Gummibär." Also maybe katakana which is used here is to emphasize, because this is a brand and tries to catch people's attention. "マンゴスチン" just describes the foreign word mangosteen which is a kind of fruit. Or maybe this katakana word can be explained by using the explanation that "to write the name of an animal, plant, disease, tool,etc. (Applies mainly where pertinent kanji are not included in the Joo-yoo-Kanji list)" (On Katakana). 

Katakana Analysis (Draft)

(A) Sample 1

This is a dictionary of Japanese writers' pen names. As "pen name" is a foreign word, so katakana is used here-"ペンネーム." Also, アニメis a foreign word "animation." And Katakana is used. I choose the page about "手塚治虫" who is the writer of アトム. Noticing that "アトム" is in Katakana, I think maybe the writer wants to emphasize アトム's importance as he is the hero of the comic book. Maybe he wants to show the sound of his hero's name and makes アトム be special.Generally, I think this is アトムis the author's preference.  

(B) Sample 2
This is a box of biscuits. All biscuits are in shape of koala. First, the katakana "コアラ" describes the foreign word "koala." Second, “マーチ” describes the English word "match"in music. Thus, this is still a foreign word. Third, "クリーミーミルク" describe the foreign words "creamy milk." Does this mean that katakana which is used to describe foreign words occupies a large proportion? Also I am curious whether Katakana used in ads seems to be more fashionable. Considering the background introduced by tatsumi sensei in class, I have another guess. In the history, Katakana was used by men who were considered knowledgable. I guess that using katakana may seem to be superior and cultured? 

(C) Sample 3

 グミis soft candies. Maybe katakana which is used here is to emphasize, because this is a brand and tries to catch people's attention. "マンゴスチン" just describes the foreign word mangosteen which is a kind of fruit. Or maybe this katakana word can be explained by using the explanation that "to write the name of an animal, plant, disease, tool,etc. (Applies mainly where pertinent kanji are not included in the Joo-yoo-Kanji list)" (On Katakana). I think the グミ is a little different from the text descriptions of katakana. Besides emphasis, it seems that there is no reason to use katakana to describe candies.

テスト

きょうはにほんごのテストがありました。それから、ともだちとばんごはんをたべました。それから、ははにでんわをかけました。いま、しゅくだいをします。あさって、えいごのほんをみます。

katakana samples

1) Sample 1

This is a dictionary of Japanese writers' pen names. As "pen name" is a foreign word, so katakana is used here-"ペンネーム." Also, アニメis a foreign word "animation." And Katakana is used. I choose the page about "手塚治虫" who is the writer of アトム. Noticing that "アトム" is in Katakana, I think maybe the writer wants to emphasize アトム's importance as he is the hero of the comic book. Maybe he wants to show the sound of his hero's name and makes アトム be special. 

2) Sample 2
This is a box of biscuits. All biscuits are in shape of koala. First, the katakana "コアラ" describes the foreign word "koala." Second, “マーチ” describes the English word "match"in music. Thus, this is still a foreign word. Third, "クリーミーミルク" describe the foreign words "creamy milk." Does this mean that katakana which is used to describe foreign words occupies a large proportion?

3) Sample 3

 グミis soft candies. Maybe katakana which is used here is to emphasize, because this is a brand and tries to catch people's attention. "マンゴスチン" just describes the foreign word mangosteen which is a kind of fruit. Or maybe this katakana word can be explained by using the explanation that "to write the name of an animal, plant, disease, tool,etc. (Applies mainly where pertinent kanji are not included in the Joo-yoo-Kanji list)" (On Katakana).

わかりますか

わたしはちゅうごくごがよくわくります、ちゅうごくじんですから。えいごがたくさんわくります、がっこでえいごをべんきょしましたから。にほんごがすこしわくりません。
わたしはりょうりがじょうずですが、うたがへたです。

じこしょうかい

　                                                               じこしょうかい

　　はじめまして。わたしのなまえはエミリーです。ことしにじゅうよんさいです。にほんごのせんせいはたつみせんせいです。たつみせんせいはげんきです。そしてすてきです。
　　きょねんのはちがつにともだちとひこうきでちゅうごくからニューヨークへきました。いまコロンビアだいがくのだいがくいんのにねんせいです。まいあさひとりであるいてだいがくへいきます。どようびからもくようびべんきょうします。きんようびにやすみます。
　　わたしはにほんのアニメとてもすきですが、にほんのりょうりはあまりすきじゃありません。
　　どうぞよろしくおねがいします。