YAKUWARIGO ON SAMURAI CHARACTERS IN THE RUROUNI KENSHIN MEIJI KENKAKU ROMANTAN

Abstract

Yakuwarigo is a specific language pattern or style of speaking that originates from stereotypes. This style of speaking involves the use of vocabulary, grammatical structures, expressions, intonation, and other elements associated with a person's characteristic image, such as age, occupation, social status, time period, facial and physical appearance, traits, and so on. This study aims to describe the yakuwarigo used by samurai characters, based on the theory of kinsui (2007). The data source taken is the manga Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Hokkaido-hen Volume 1. This research uses qualitative descriptive method. The results of this study are from 3 samurai characters in the Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan manga, there are 2 characters using danseigo, and 1 character using bushi kotoba. in the character who uses danseigo, he uses ore as a first person pronoun. whereas in the character who uses bushi kotoba, he uses sessha as a first person pronoun.