I picked the following two katakana from magzine:
- ポーズ pose / noun, loanword
- キラキラ glitter; sparkle; glisten; twinkle/onomatopoeia
Analysis on the effects and reasons
This is a loanword from English. There is another Japanese word to express similar meaning: みえ, 構え(かまえ) and etc.(1) In English-Japanese Dictionary, pose could be translate either way. However, there are some obvious difference among the usage of these words. For example, let us look at ポーズ and 構え. If we search these two words in google, we could discover they are sometimes used together in case as: 構えのポーズ.(2) The context indicates that 構え might be one kind of ポーズ . According to the dictionary, ポーズ are more commonly used while 構え specifically refers to poses of some traditional Japanese activities such as in martial arts, 剣道 (kendoo). The wide use of ポーズ reveals the transformation or westernization of life style Japanese people once experienced. Now, it has already been well incorporated into their daily lives just as how Hong Kong people use the word "pose".
This word is mimicing the sound of the sparkle to represent a shiny state. From the view of a foreigner, Japanese language seems quite creative to present a visual experience by acoustic symbols. Great effort are required to reach the inner part of Japanese culture, only based on which we can feel the exact connection between them. It is also amazing how Japanese people found the kirakira sound. But maybe it come from the sound of burning charcoal fire.
Differences in explaining Katakana
I did not find such differences..if there are some, the reason could be different knowledge backgrounds and research approaches of the interpreters. After all, katakana themselves are phenomenon to be analyzed just as what we are doing here.
sources:
1) Japanese- Japanese/Chinese Dictionary, translated from 標準國語辭典，edited by 旺文社, Beijing : Press of Foreign Language Education and Research, 2002.
online Japanese dictionary: http://jisho.org/
2) blog and twitters about martial digital-games:
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