LANGUAGE STYLE IN ANIME CHIBI MARUKO CHAN EPISODE: ITALIA KARA KITA SHOUNEN 2015

ABSTRACT: The Japanese language has certain characteristics that are used in daily conversation. There arevocabulary, pronunciation, grammatical structure, language style, and many more. This study aims to describethe use of Japanese language style, variants of male gender language (danseigo), and variants of female genderlanguage (joseigo) in anime Chibi Maruko-chan episode Italia Kara Kita Shounen 2015. The theory used in thisstudy is the forms of a language style according to Joos (1972:278) and joseigo & danseigo according toSudjianto, 2004. The method used in this study is the descriptive qualitative method, using observation andnote-taking techniques by collecting a conversation between characters that indicates language style, joseigo,and danseigo. The data were collected by literature review method then analyzed and assessed based on theory.The result of this study indicates that the variety of languages used in the anime Chibi Maruko Chan consists offormal language, casual language, and intimate language. This study also found that joseigo uses nee, yo, dayo,and ne as shuujoshii (final particle). The Shuujoshii (final particle) of danseigo uses da, and yo. However, thevarious neutral languages are composed of the words desu. Personal pronouns were divided into three typesnamely, female particle, male particle, and neutral particle. The male’s particle consists of boku and ore, thefemale particle consists of atashi and kimi, and the neutral particle consists of watashi. Then on the use of theinterjection consists of the words mae and araa. Meanwhile, greeting used kun, chan, and san.

KEYWORDS:language style, chibi maruko chan, joseigo, danseigo