Penggunaan Katakana dan Romaji Pada Kemasan Suplemen Kolagen

Abstract

This study discusses the use of katakana and romaji letters on collagen skin supplement packaging. Purpose of the discussion: to analyze the use of katakana and romaji letters on skin supplement packaging. Research from Cochrane (2019) and Hosokawa (2020) is used as a basis for thinking in determining the reasons for using katakana and romaji on skin supplement packaging. The results obtained are numbers that indicate measurements using romaji, auxiliary words for numbers in the form of abbreviations also use romaji, katakana is used to indicate gairaigo, chemical compounds, and onomatopoeia. The company name DHC is written in katakana to indicate company information and written in romaji to indicate the products produced. The use of katakana in the word coraagen shows a global and international impression.