ゴニーヤツ
This was a sound effect of a car crash in a manga book. I think one reason that sound effects are written in katakana is so that readers won't confuse it for a word. It can also grab at the reader's attention so he/she will know to pay attention to it.
クレンジング
This seems to be an English loanword for "cleansing" which was found on a bottle of skincare product, aptly called cleansing oil. Since I know that sometimes names are written in katakana rather than hiragana or kanji, the makers may have decided to put the katakana version of the name on the packaging to emphasis the product name.
The purpose of katakana seems to be for letting the reader know that this word is important in some way. Whether to indicate onomatopoeia, English loanwords, or just words that are topic-focused.
Our textbook covered katakana very briefly, other than how to write it correctly and basic uses for it we did not go into detail about katakana. However, I think that I have learned enough to be able to use/read it sufficiently as an elementary Japanese learner.
Melissa-san konnichiwa!
ReplyDeleteI think your understanding about the use of Katakana seems deep enough.
However, you should provide a little deeper analysis for your words. For example, why the term 'cleansing' is used for the product while there are other words like 'せんがんソープ-facial soap' and 'メイクおとし-make-up remover'?
If you find it difficult to analyze your words any deeper, try to find examples that you can do more research and go beyond the explanations given in the textbook:)
Good luck!
TA Miyamoto
Melissa san
ReplyDeleteI also think you analyzed the two katakana words very well. Can you think of other katakana words that might not fit into the categories explained in the textbook? It will be more interesting to hear about those katakana words!