Kriteria Gairaigo dalam Anime K-On! Karya Naoko Yamada

Abstract

This study aims to determine the criteria and meaning of gairaigo derived from English in Anime K-On! The type of research is descriptive qualitative research with the commensurate method and the data source is the K-on! Anime. Out of 95 gairaigo, 34 data were categorized according to the criteria of the absence of words in Japanese to describe something due to culture, 11 data were categorized according to the criteria of the nuances of meaning contained in a foreign word that cannot be represented by an equivalent word in Japanese, 52 data were categorized according to the criteria of foreign words used as gairaigo considered effective and efficient, and 6 data were categorized according to the criteria of foreign words according to language words considered to have a great, good, harmonious taste value. This study also found that some gairaigo can be categorized into more than one criterion.