Authors:

Sri Cahyani

Abstract:

“Japanese language known as a language contains of various characteristic. Oneof the unique side of it is the existence of particles also known as ‘joshi’ that plays animportant role to build a sentence or even connect a word. There are several types ofJapanese particles generally used on daily conversation which is ‘ka’ particle. ‘Ka’particle is one of the particle mostly used as a question marker. However, it has differentfunction and meaning according to the position it would be. In the other hand, the positionof ‘ka’ particle influences both. Therefore, it is important to know what exactly the way toapply them in a sentence theoretically.This research contains of the explanation regarding the use of ‘ka’ particle in anovel with title Kitto Ashita Wa. Related data is collected, classified, and countedaccording to the differences of each sentence and listed with the proper words. Theoryused is A Dictionary of Japanese Particles by Kawashima and Nihon Go No Joshi byCandra.There are various kind of functions and meanings of ‘ka’ particle that can befound as the result of this research. The function of ‘ka’ particles first, is as a word markerto end the sentence by putting it in the middle of it, known as ‘fukujoshi’. Second, is as aninterrogative sentence by putting it in the end of it, known as ‘shuujoshi’. The meaning of‘ka’ particles is to point a certain answer of ‘yes’ or ‘no’, to show a choice of severalselections, to be put in the middle of a sentence to show an unclear content of questions, toshow an unexplainable intentions, to express a feeling of doubt, to give an approximatenumber, to be a question marker, to show a beyond expectation’s feeling, to give arhetorical answer, to give a confirmation, to show an unclear meaning of a statement, andto ask someone doing something”

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Published

2021-11-09

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CAHYANI, Sri. ANALISIS FUNGSI DAN MAKNA PARTIKEL KA DALAM NOVEL KITTO ASHITA WA KARYA YUKIKO EZAKI.Humanis, [S.l.], sep. 2015. ISSN 2302-920X. Available at: https://jurnal.harianregional.com/sastra/id-14356. Date accessed: 28 Aug. 2025.

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Volume 12. No.1. Juli 2015

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