{"id":59852,"date":"2023-11-15T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/15\/mie-prefecture-guide-pachi-pachi-or-kachi-kachi-a-foreigners-guide-to-the-tricky-world-of-japans-onomatopoeia"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:13:07","slug":"pachi-pachi-or-kachi-kachi-japan-launches-foreigners-guide-to-tricky-world-of-onomatopoeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=59852","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pachi pachi\u2019 or \u2018kachi kachi\u2019? Japan launches foreigners\u2019 guide to tricky world of onomatopoeia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As foreign population reaches record levels, the western prefecture of Mie has compiled a guide for those who need it<\/p>\n<p>It is a linguistic trap few learners of Japanese have avoided: declaring yourself <em>pera pera<\/em> (fluent in a language) when you\u2019re really <em>peko peko<\/em> (hungry); or breaking into applause (<em>pachi pachi<\/em>) when the dentist asks you to <em>kachi kachi<\/em> (bite repeatedly).<\/p>\n<p>Navigating the rich and varied world of Japanese onomatopoeia can result in laughter and mild embarrassment, but the words can also be a quick and effective way to get through to a friend or colleague.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/nov\/15\/mie-prefecture-guide-pachi-pachi-or-kachi-kachi-a-foreigners-guide-to-the-tricky-world-of-japans-onomatopoeia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As foreign population reaches record levels, the western prefecture of Mie has compiled a guide for those who need itIt is a linguistic trap few learners of Japanese have avoided: declaring yourself pera pera (fluent in a language) when you\u2019re really p&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59853,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59852\/revisions\/59853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}