@article{ART002755654},
author={Bae, Jin-Young},
title={A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2021},
number={69},
pages={55-69},
doi={10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55}
TY - JOUR
AU - Bae, Jin-Young
TI - A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2021
VL - null
IS - 69
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 55
EP - 69
SN - 1229-7275
AB - This study examines frequently used verbs in the Japanese Bible based on the quantitative survey of verbs in the Japanese Bible “Proverbs”. A comparative analysis was conducted based on the JLPT Japanese Proficiency Test to determine the difficulty of verbs in the Japanese Bible. As a result, I found that a total of 2,374 verbs appeared in the Japanese Bible, and 799 were used in individual words.
Acquiring the verbs ―230 words― that appear more than three times in terms of frequency of use in the Proverbs, the reader can understand more than 70 percent of the Bible’s Proverbs.
In addition, the Bible verbs were classified by level of the JLPT Japanese Proficiency Test and analyzed in this paper to show that about 35% of the verbs in the Japanese Bible Proverbs were verbs that could not be classified by level of JLPT. These verbs were those with no level classification and no headword and were compound verbs in the latter case. On the other hand, looking at the level-specific verbs of JLPT, about 18% of the verbs(145 words) belong to N1 and about half of the verbs in Proverbs were N1, N2, and N3, suggesting the level of difficulty of verbs in the Japanese Bible.
Since this study is not a quantitative survey of the entire Japanese Bible, it cannot be said that it is the result of the entire verb in the Japanese Bible, but the verb classification and level classification presented in this study can be the basis for step-by-step acquisition of Japanese Bible-related verbs.
KW - Japanese Bible;Japanese Verbs;JLPT;High-frequency Verbs;Basic Verbs
DO - 10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
ER -
Bae, Jin-Young. (2021). A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 69, 55-69.
Bae, Jin-Young. 2021, "A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.69, pp.55-69. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young "A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 69 pp.55-69 (2021) : 55.
Bae, Jin-Young. A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs. 2021; 69 : 55-69. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young. "A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.69(2021) : 55-69.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young. A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 69, 55-69. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young. A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2021; 69 55-69. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young. A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs. 2021; 69 : 55-69. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
Bae, Jin-Young. "A Study of Japanese verbs in the Bible: Focusing on the Bible Proverbs" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.69(2021) : 55-69.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2021.69.55
