Kimura, Yoshiyuki
Center for Japanese Studies Professor
Graduate School of Letters Japanese Language Education Professor
Research Overview
I mainly research the history of vocabulary, spelling, and how kango (漢語) is used in the modern Japanese language (from the late-Edo and Meiji eras through today). Analysis of dictionaries (Japanese, bilingual, and other specialty dictionaries) in each era is a big topic as well. At the same time, I also consider the history of discourse structure based on the colloquial data of each era. Publication ・『図解日本語 第２版』（三省堂、2024） ・『辞書の成り立ち』（2021、朝倉書店） ・『わかりやすい日本語』（くろしお出版、2016） ・『新選国語辞典 第10版』（小学館、2022）
Specialty
Japanese Language