my japanese speech contest (now with subtitles!)

*if you cant see the subtitles, click the Closed Caption button on the lower-right hand side of the video screen. =]

this speech was about japanese onomatopoeia and phenomimes. phenomimes, which dont exist in english, is the sound for something...which makes no sound. for example, japanese can describe the emptiness of a train car, or the sound of someone eating, by the use of phenomimes.

this was my first time translating, so the translation may be a bit off. also, since phenomimes dont exist in english, somethings literally can't be translated. so thats why every so often you'll see an "*"...thats when a phenomime was used.

by the way, i won first prize. ^_^

スピーチは擬音語と擬態語についてです。

優勝しました！

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[auryngirl]

Very interesting and humorous speech topic...you speak so confidently and easily! You deserved your first place :)

[Gigi086]

i love this speech!

[TheChocOtaku]

I do the poetry divisions in my local speech contest. Last year I won state in short poem, and I'm doing long poem this year because my sensei won't let me do free speech. Is this in America? It looks a lot like the Texas state speech contest stage.

[CerberusX3]

勝ったおめでと〜

[x4heshe9x]

Love the way u began the speech, so interesting ♥

[suzyhur]

日本語うまいですね！何か羨ましいです（汗）

英語だけでなく、日本語も上手ってww

[veuvecliquot]

great speech!

[veuvecliquot]

@mypetmachine @mypetmachine I've been thinking about this this morning, and of course it is hard to find the english correlations. I also thought of flipflop for politicians (the verb), and teenyweeny for small things ( one actually closes the mouth more, as opposed to a word like "enormous" where our mouths get big) though these last ones can be classified differently

[veuvecliquot]

@morning1988 there is gitaigo in english and other languages it is just very rare: yoink, bling.........maybe teenyweeny and flipflop also work.

[asdney101]

sugoi!!!! he was amazing 

[morenachica110]

Wow. That was really good and interesting! I'm currently learning beginner Japanese and have never heard of phenomines before... Thank you for this. ^_^

[mypetmachine]

There are actually phenomimes in English, they are just exceedingly rare. The most easily recognized example would be "yoink," the sound of something being stolen, as popularized by The Simpsons.  One could also make the case that "bling" is the sound of light reflecting off of flashy, showy jewelry.