zara zara goro goro poki poki zaku zaku
January 30, 2015 4:39 PM Subscribe
Yeah, I completely agree with Nat's descriptions. Particularly goro goro and fuwa fuwa. I'd suggest "chunky" and "fluffy" for short, respectively.
I've seen pictures of these chocolates poking around the internet for a little bit and they seem fun. I know it's against the clean aesthetic but what I'm more interested in than the final product is seeing how they're made. What do the molds look like for these things?
posted by Mizu at 4:48 PM on January 30, 2015
I've seen pictures of these chocolates poking around the internet for a little bit and they seem fun. I know it's against the clean aesthetic but what I'm more interested in than the final product is seeing how they're made. What do the molds look like for these things?
posted by Mizu at 4:48 PM on January 30, 2015
What do the molds look like for these things?
Molds? Where we're going, we don't need molds.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:53 PM on January 30, 2015
Molds? Where we're going, we don't need molds.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:53 PM on January 30, 2015
Yeah Nat seems pretty accurate there. The vast amount of onomatopoeia in Japanese continues to fascinate me, I keep encountering new ones.
posted by thefoxgod at 5:02 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by thefoxgod at 5:02 PM on January 30, 2015
Nuru nuru is conspicuously absent.
posted by caaaaaam at 5:09 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by caaaaaam at 5:09 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I thought フワフワ was 'fluffy'.
posted by betweenthebars at 6:09 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by betweenthebars at 6:09 PM on January 30, 2015
You'd think so, but then it shows up in a description of a cooked meatball or something, and suddenly your world shatters
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:14 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:14 PM on January 30, 2015
These are beautiful. Wonder if the more cubic ones are solid?
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:16 PM on January 30, 2015
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:16 PM on January 30, 2015
I thought フワフワ was 'fluffy'.
You'd think so, but then it shows up in a description of a cooked meatball or something, and suddenly your world shatters
Since I have only ever heard it used to describe a cute person's hair, yes, I would be very disturbed by its appearance in a meatball recipe.
posted by maryr at 7:06 PM on January 30, 2015
You'd think so, but then it shows up in a description of a cooked meatball or something, and suddenly your world shatters
Since I have only ever heard it used to describe a cute person's hair, yes, I would be very disturbed by its appearance in a meatball recipe.
posted by maryr at 7:06 PM on January 30, 2015
My wife uses フワフワ in connection with certain food items, including savory ones. It's not my favorite texture, but it's not per se disgusting. ヌルヌル and トロリ are right out, though. I'll eat anything, but I won't eat that.
posted by spacewrench at 7:11 PM on January 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by spacewrench at 7:11 PM on January 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
BTW, for ポキポキ, look no further than Pocky.
posted by spacewrench at 7:14 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by spacewrench at 7:14 PM on January 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
By the way, if you scroll down a bit to the comments, you'll find an interesting one from "Nat", who takes issue with the interpretations and appropriateness of some of these chocolates. He has some good points.
He kind of messed up on gorogoro, that's just wrong, it should be korokoro, and even then it's not very appropriate. I recall a two hour lecture on onomatopoeia by Makino-sensei that I attended in Japan. One of the points I recall vividly was about gorogoro/korokoro. Both of them are the sounds of objects rolling. Gorogoro is the sound of rounded, softer objects rolling, korokoro is the sound of hard objects rolling. So it's like the difference between rumble-rumble and clink-clank. The chocolate has lots of sharp corners so it has to be korokoro. But a cube doesn't roll so that's just weird either way.
posted by charlie don't surf at 7:28 PM on January 30, 2015
He kind of messed up on gorogoro, that's just wrong, it should be korokoro, and even then it's not very appropriate. I recall a two hour lecture on onomatopoeia by Makino-sensei that I attended in Japan. One of the points I recall vividly was about gorogoro/korokoro. Both of them are the sounds of objects rolling. Gorogoro is the sound of rounded, softer objects rolling, korokoro is the sound of hard objects rolling. So it's like the difference between rumble-rumble and clink-clank. The chocolate has lots of sharp corners so it has to be korokoro. But a cube doesn't roll so that's just weird either way.
posted by charlie don't surf at 7:28 PM on January 30, 2015
i love giseigo[擬声語] and gitaigo[擬態語] in Japanese. What I love best is that they not only have onomatopoeia, i.e., what things sound like in the world, but also experiential, inside-your-head sounds, like how light glitters off a surface 「ピカピカと光る」。
Nice link, thanks flapjax (-:
posted by owalt1 at 10:07 PM on January 30, 2015
Nice link, thanks flapjax (-:
posted by owalt1 at 10:07 PM on January 30, 2015
I don't know enough to comment on the accuracy of the interpretation, but I do love that the word ゴロゴロ looks like the chocolate associated with it (cubic, with many edges). It's like both the sound and the visual appearance of the word evoke what the word describes.
posted by Kilter at 6:21 AM on January 31, 2015
posted by Kilter at 6:21 AM on January 31, 2015
In addition to representing one of my favorite features of the Japanese language, these look delicious. Then again, texture is a huge part of the enjoyment of food for me.
posted by ob1quixote at 10:18 AM on January 31, 2015
posted by ob1quixote at 10:18 AM on January 31, 2015
My hato was poki poki but this post made it doki doki.
posted by bigendian at 5:14 PM on January 31, 2015
posted by bigendian at 5:14 PM on January 31, 2015
Your pigeon was making a snapping or cracking sound, but now its heart is thumping?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:00 PM on January 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:00 PM on January 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
Your pigeon was making a snapping or cracking sound, but now its heart is thumping?
I think that's what happens when you play the pigeon dating game.
posted by betweenthebars at 12:41 AM on February 1, 2015
I think that's what happens when you play the pigeon dating game.
posted by betweenthebars at 12:41 AM on February 1, 2015
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