The Dagashi Naming System in Semantic Linguistics

This study focuses on the naming system of Dagashi, traditional Japanese snacks. The creation of a name serves specific purposes, such as facilitating the recall of identities, whether they belong to humans, places, objects, and so forth. There are 9 factors behind the naming: including naming based on sound imitation, naming based on part mention, naming based on mentioning distinctive qualities, naming based on inventor or maker, naming based on place of origin, naming based on ingredient, naming based on similarity, naming based on abbreviation, and naming based on new naming conventions [1]. The purpose of this research is to know the meaning of dagashi names. Also, to describe the factor influencing the name of dagashi. This research used descriptive qualitative methods. The data collected by observation of documents. Then, the data classified based on its naming factors and word origin. The result of the research showed  there are semantic aspects of the factors behind and the lexical meaning of the name of typical Dagashi in Japan.