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A Comparative Study on the Idioms Originating from Traditional Korean and Japanese Sports -Focusing on Ssireum/Sumo·Archery·Horse riding-

  • 日本硏究
  • 2022, (57), pp.7-27
  • DOI : 10.20404/jscau.2022.08.57.07
  • Publisher : The Center for Japanese Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : July 1, 2022
  • Accepted : July 26, 2022
  • Published : August 20, 2022

Kim, gye-yon 1

1한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study focused on idioms derived from traditional Korean and Japanese sports such as “Ssireum/Sumo, Archery, and Horse Riding,” and compared the characteristics of their meanings and ideas. The number of Japanese idioms that were derived from 'Sumo was four times superior to that in Korean. “Ssireum” carried a meaning as “endless effort” in idioms. However, most of the Korean idioms contained critical perspectives. Conversely, Japanese word “Sumo” did not have a figurative meaning. The idioms using Dohyo and sport rules or techniques had a subdivided meaning as “winning and losing”, and showed positive perspectives. “Archery” carried a meaning of “goal, fast, and target of criticism” in both languages. In Japanese, however, the positive expressions were divided according to the importance of the target point and the preparation stage of archery. The idioms originating from Horse riding meant “leadership, encouragement, and check” using reins and whips. In Korean, the criticism of “out of control behavior” was characterized. Meanwhile, in Japanese, the idioms derived from horse racing showed positive meanings.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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