JAPANEDU: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran Bahasa Jepang Vol. 04, No. 01, June 2019, pp. 54-64 54 | Page e- ISSN 2528-5548 A B S T R A C T Neologism are new words, terms or phrase created to apply to new concepts or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. The changing of society reflected in language is the emerging of myriads of neologisms. Japan currently is trying to cope with the aging population, known as aging society. The new words are invented to describe social phenomenon around the aging society in Japan. Considering the influence of social changing and neologisms, it is significant to learn how these new words are created. This study aimed to investigate issues concerning Japanese neologisms in aging society from the perspectives of characteristics, definition and social connotations. List of aging society neologisms is developed by looking in academic articles, scholarly books and online sources. The result shows that aging society neologisms created by combining existing words, borrowing, abbreviation and by rhyming with existing words or simply playing with sounds. Japanese aging society neologisms are the language mirror to reflect social phenomenon that the public concerns most. The study of neologisms is also a valuable tool to understand social cultural changes and improve communicative and cultural competence of the Japanese learners. K E Y W O R D S Aging Society; Neologism; Social Phenomenon A R T I C L E I N F O First received: 14 April 2019 Final proof accepted: 27 June 2019 Available online: 28 June 2019 PENDAHULUAN Bahasa selalu mengalami perubahan sejalan dengan perkembangan waktu. Perubahan tersebut dapat diketahui dengan adanya penggunaan kosa kata. Ada kosa kata yang sudah tidak lagi digunakan, yang sudah tidak lagi dikenal penggunanya oleh masyarakat karena sudah tergantikan oleh kata lain atau sudah tidak sesuai dengan kondisi yang mengacu pada kata tersebut. Perbendaharaan kata mengalami perubahan karena terjadinya perubahan pada masyarakat pengguna bahasa tersebut. Hal ini ditandai dengan bermunculannya kosakata baru dalam perkembangan bahasa. Neologisme merupakan suatu istilah yang mengacu pada munculnya kosa kata baru. Kosa kata tersebut dapat berupa kata yang sudah ada sebelumnya, tetapi mengalami perubahan makna, kata yang terbentuk dari kosa kata sebelumnya, kata serapan dan kata yang memang baru. The Emerging of Japanese Neologism and Aging Society Ni Nengah Suartini Department of Japanese Education, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Singaraja, Indonesia nnsuartini@undiksha.ac.id JAPANEDU: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran Bahasa Jepang http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/japanedu/index