In Japanese, Onomatopoeic Words Describe Diverse Food Textures
It’s commonly said that the Japanese language wields more food-describing onomatopoeia than any other. These adjectives capture the perceived sounds different foods make when we eat them. Saku saku! Fuwa fuwa! According to estimates, there are 445 such words in the Japanese language. “English has only slightly more than 130 words to describe the way …
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