In Japanese language, synonym is ruigigo. There is ruigigo in many kinds of word class, one of them is noun (meishi), such as: kanji, kibun, and kimochi. If these vocabulary are meant to Indonesian language, they have the same meaning with “feeling”. The words kanji, kibun, and kimochi have been studied by students of Japanese Education Program in Unnes, but in the implementation, they still do not understand yet about the similarity and differences of the words. Because of the reason, it is necessary to analyse words kanji, kibun, and kimochi so that this study result can be useful for the learners of japanese language who are still confused about the similarity and differences of the three words. This research explains about the analysis of a novel Kicchin written by Yoshimoto Banana, because there are many words of kanji, kibun, and kimochi in this novel, thus it is possible find out the similarity and differences of these words. The objective of the research is to describe the similarity and differences of kanji, kibun, and kimochi in the Yoshimoto Banana’s novel Kicchin. This study used equal related technique as the data analysis technique to find out the similarity and differences of kanji, kibun, and kimochi. The result of this research about the similarity are : both of kanji and kimochi can be used to indicate feeling of something, the words kanji and kibun can show surrounding atmosphere as a whole, the words of kibun and kimochi can indicate abstract condition, and heart feeling. The differences of kanji, kibun, and kimochi are : kanji has the meaning of impression to someone or something and can be used as intransitive verb named kanjiru, whereas the meanings kimochi are concrete thought, feeling for someone, and nature feeling.
Sinonim dalam Bahasa Jepang disebut ruigigo. Ruigigo terdapat dalam berbagai kelas kata, salah satunya kelas kata benda (meishi) yaitu kanji, kibun, dan kimochi. Ketiga kosakata tersebut apabila diartikan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia sama-sama memiliki arti “perasaan”. Kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi sudah dipelajari oleh mahasiswa prodi pendidikan Bahasa Jepang Unnes, tetapi dalam pelaksanaannya mereka masih belum memahami persamaan dan perbedaan ketiga kosakata tersebut. Oleh sebab itu, perlu dilakukan analisis kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi agar hasil penelitian ini dapat bermanfaat bagi pembelajar Bahasa Jepang yang belum memahami persamaan dan perbedaan ketiga kosakata tersebut. Analisis dilakukan dalam novel Kicchin karya Yoshimoto Banana, karena novel ini terdapat banyak kosakata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi sehingga memungkinkan untuk dapat mengetahui persamaan dan perbedaan ketiga kosakata tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan persamaan dan perbedaan kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi dalam novel Kicchin karya Yoshimoto Banana. Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teknik hubung banding untuk mengetahui persamaan dan perbedaan kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi. Hasil penelitian ini, persamaan kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochi dalam novel Kicchin yaitu, kata kanji dan kimochi sama-sama digunakan untuk menunjukkan perasaan terhadap suatu hal. Kata kanji dan kibun sama-sama dapat menunjukkan suasana sekitar secara keseluruhan. Kata kibun dan kimochi sama-sama menunjukkan keadaan abstrak dan kondisi hati. Perbedaan kata kanji, kibun, dan kimochiyaitu kata kanji mempunyai makna kesan yang muncul terhadap seseorang atau suatu hal dan dapat berfungsi sebagai kata kerja intransitif menjadi “kanjiru”. Kata kimochimempunyai makna pemikiran secara konkrit, perasaan terhadap seseorang, dan pembawaan perasaan.