In this Episode of Chad Mullane's Onomatopoeia Series for Japanese learners, we'll look a calming ourselves and our souls with the help of some talking celery.
Haven't run away after the mention of talking celery? That's good -- let's continue.
Japanese has many more variations of onomatopoeia than in English, and they are much more commonly used in speech and writing.
However, they also have to downside that many can seem very similar
to non-native speakers, and a simple change from か to が can change the
entire meaning of the word.