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Japanese vocabulary composition:

Intrinsic words:

Intrinsic words are original to the Japanese nation Vocabulary, also known as "Japanese language", is mainly verbs and concrete nouns in daily life.

Kanji words:

Japanese is greatly influenced by Chinese. , words with grammatical meaning all contain Chinese characters and most of them are related to the actual meaning. Therefore, friends who understand Chinese can generally understand the meaning of a short sentence even if they do not understand Japanese. However, because Japanese is influenced by classical Chinese rather than vernacular. Therefore, some words cannot be understood from the perspective of modern Chinese.

Although some words also contain Chinese characters (and some are Chinese characters created by the Japanese), their meanings are very different, such as: "time". (Time, じかん) is not equal to time in Chinese, but represents a period of time. Similar to this is "年" (年, ねんかん).

Extended information:

Vocabulary classification:

Independent words:

Aspective language - no ending changes, including nouns, pronouns, numbers Words can be used as subjects

Noun (めいし): the name of a person or thing, examples: テレビ, telephone, department house.

Pronoun (だいめいし): used to replace the name of a person or thing, examples: わたし, あなた, he, that girl.

Numbers (すうし): Units that express numbers and quantities, examples: 一, 一つ.

Adverb (ふくし): Modifying words, examples: たくさん, すごい.

Conjoined words (れんたいし): modify body language, examples: この, あの, その.

The connecting words (せつぞくし): serve as a continuation, examples: でも, しかし.

Interjection (かんたんし): expresses exclamation, call or response, examples: はい, ええ, いいえ.

Usage - with ending changes, it can be used as a predicate alone

Verb (どうし): expresses action, existence or state, examples: book く, food べる, ある, いる.

Adjective (けいようし): expresses nature or state, examples: high い, low い, summer い, cold い.

Adjective verb (けいようどうし): expresses nature or state. This is a unique type of adjective in Japanese. It has the function of an adjective, but it also has the same ending changes as a verb, so it is called an adjective. verb. Examples: good, good, and quiet.

Japan did not use Chinese characters in ancient times. By the time of Emperor Onjin, Chinese characters were introduced from Baekje. In 285, Wang Ren, a Han doctor from Baekje, brought China's "The Analects", "The Thousand-Character Classic", and "The Classic of Filial Piety" to Japan. After the Three Kingdoms period, Chinese characters and Chinese culture were officially introduced to Japan.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese invented kana, which was popular among women, and the official language was classical Chinese. Therefore, modern Japanese was greatly influenced by ancient Chinese.

Take the "Exemplary Japanese Dictionary" published in 1956 as an example. Among the Japanese vocabulary, Japanese languages ??accounted for 36.6% and Chinese accounted for 53.6%. In Showa 39 (1964) The National Research Institute of Japan conducted a survey on 90 magazine terms and concluded that Japanese languages ??accounted for 36.7%, Chinese accounted for 47.5%, and Western languages ??accounted for nearly 10%.